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1. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
4. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
7. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
11. Imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy.
12. (informal) Of the highest quality.
13. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
14. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
15. A member of the Siouan people formerly inhabiting the Black Hills of western South Dakota.
16. Any seed plant yielding balsam.
19. A soft silver-white ductile metallic element (liquid at normal temperatures).
20. A federal agency that supervises carriers that transport goods and people between states.
23. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
26. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
27. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
30. (astronomy) A measure of time defined by Earth's orbital motion.
31. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
32. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
33. A public promotion of some product or service.
35. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
37. A landlocked desert republic in north-central Africa.
41. The cry made by sheep.
43. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
45. A rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys.
46. (Norse mythology) Goddess of old age who defeated Thor in a wrestling match.
48. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
49. (criminal law) Money that must be forfeited by the bondsman if an accused person fails to appear in court for trial.
51. No longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life.
52. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
53. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
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1. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
2. Offering fun and gaiety.
3. A blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically.
4. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
5. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
6. The corporate executive responsible for the operations of the firm.
7. Of or relating to or characteristic of Mali or its people.
8. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
9. A genus of Falconidae.
10. Lower in esteem.
17. In the Arabian Nights a hero who tells of the fantastic adventures he had in his voyages.
18. One million periods per second.
21. French revolutionary leader (born in Switzerland) who was a leader in overthrowing the Girondists and was stabbed to death in his bath by Charlotte Corday (1743-1793).
22. The production of young from an egg.
24. The district occupied entirely by the city of Washington.
25. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
28. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
29. A soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element.
34. (British) An open river valley (in a hilly area).
36. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
38. An important seaport on the Island of Cebu in the Philippines.
39. Fleshy and usually brightly colored cover of some seeds that develops from the ovule stalk and partially or entirely envelopes the seed.
40. A shop selling delicatessen (as salads or cooked meats).
42. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
44. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
47. A state in the Rocky Mountains.
50. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
51. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances.
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