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1. The sign language used in the United States.
4. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
8. A cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt.
11. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
12. A British peer ranking below a Marquess and above a Viscount.
13. Alsatian artist and poet who was cofounder of Dadaism in Zurich.
14. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
15. (of persons) Neat and smart in appearance.
16. Water frozen in the solid state.
17. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
19. French novelist.
21. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
24. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
25. A young woman making her debut into society.
28. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
31. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
34. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
35. A small cake leavened with yeast.
37. A unit of information equal to one million (1,048,576) bytes.
42. An informal term for a father.
47. Type genus of the family Myacidae.
48. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
50. A hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers.
51. An associate degree in applied science.
52. With no effort to conceal.
53. The cry made by sheep.
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1. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
2. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
3. The act of slowing down or falling behind.
4. The money risked on a gamble.
5. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
6. Relating to or characteristic of a tribe.
7. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
8. 1,000 baiza equal 1 riyal-omani.
9. Predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin.
10. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
18. A New England state.
20. 36th President of the United States.
22. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
23. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
26. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
27. A former monetary unit in Great Britain.
29. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
30. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
32. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
33. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
36. Formerly a term of respect for important white Europeans in colonial India.
38. Common Indian weaverbird.
39. One million periods per second.
40. The battle in 1806 in which Napoleon decisively defeated the Prussians.
41. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
43. Any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes.
44. Extremely pleasing.
45. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
46. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
49. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
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