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1. Any high mountain.
4. At a previous time.
8. System of measurement based on centimeters and grams and seconds.
11. The quality of a color as determined by its dominant wavelength.
12. A linear unit (1/6 inch) used in printing.
13. A spring-flowering shrub or small tree of the genus Crataegus.
14. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
15. Showing characteristics of age, especially having gray or white hair.
16. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
17. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
19. Capital and largest city of Iraq.
21. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
23. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
25. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
28. Distant in either space or time.
32. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
34. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances.
36. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
37. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
39. A person forced to flee from home or country.
40. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
43. Any plant of the genus Erica.
47. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
48. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
50. A state in northwestern North America.
51. A human limb.
54. An island in Indonesia south of Borneo.
56. Measure of the US economy adopted in 1991.
57. A light touch or stroke.
58. A primeval personification of air and breath.
59. An informal term for a father.
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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. A Bantu language spoken in southern Zaire.
3. The state prevailing during the absence of war.
4. An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel.
5. The former capital and 2nd largest city of Brazil.
6. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
7. A village in eastern Ireland (northwest of Dublin).
8. Of or relating to or characteristic of the Republic of Chad or its people or language.
9. Offering fun and gaiety.
10. (informal) A bunch.
18. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
20. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
22. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
24. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
26. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
27. A digital display that uses liquid crystal cells that change reflectivity in an applied electric field.
29. Gully or streambed in North Africa and the Middle East that remains dry except during rainy season.
30. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
31. A soft silvery metallic element.
33. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
35. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
38. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
41. One of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes.
42. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
43. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
44. A Hindu prince or king in India.
45. An underground enclosure with access from the surface of the ground or from the sea v 1.
46. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
49. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
50. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
52. A member of the military police who polices soldiers and guards prisoners.
53. A public promotion of some product or service.
55. Before noon.
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