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1. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
5. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
7. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
11. (New Testament) Supposed brother of St James.
12. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
13. God of love and erotic desire.
14. (prefix) Indicating difference or variation.
15. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
16. Slightly open.
17. A state in midwestern United States.
18. A soft gray ductile metallic element used in alloys.
19. An awkward and inexperienced youth.
21. A hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red blood cells their characteristic color.
22. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
25. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
27. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
31. Eurasian perennial bulbous herbs.
33. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
34. An informal term for a father.
35. A person to whom money is paid.
42. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
43. A lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood.
45. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
47. (computer science) A coding system that incorporates extra parity bits in order to detect errors.
48. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
49. An island in Indonesia south of Borneo.
50. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
51. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
52. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
53. A soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent and univalent) metallic element.
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1. A genus of Platalea.
2. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
3. A lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood.
4. (in Gnosticism) A divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe.
5. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
6. Any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia.
7. Jordan's port.
8. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
9. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
10. An aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect.
20. A mountainous region in central Italy.
23. A federation of North American labor unions that merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955.
24. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
26. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
28. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
29. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
30. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
32. (Spanish) Saffron-flavored dish made of rice with shellfish and chicken.
36. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
37. Noisy talk.
38. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
39. A Hindu prince or king in India.
40. (Polynesian) An alcoholic drink made from the aromatic roots of the kava shrub.
41. The sixth month of the civil year.
44. A light touch or stroke.
46. 10 grams.
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