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1. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
5. (astronomy) A measure of time defined by Earth's orbital motion.
8. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
11. Rock that in its molten form (as magma) issues from volcanos.
12. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
13. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
14. A native or inhabitant of Scotland.
15. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
16. A state of southwestern India.
17. (informal) Being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition.
18. Before noon.
20. The superior of a group of nuns.
23. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
25. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
26. A port city of south central Ukraine on an arm of the Black Sea.
28. Tropical American tree producing cacao beans.
32. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
34. An aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect.
35. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
37. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
38. An aromatic exudate from the mastic tree.
44. The portion of the vertebrate nervous system consisting of the brain and spinal cord.
46. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
47. In bed.
49. The corporate executive responsible for the operations of the firm.
50. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
51. A small cake leavened with yeast.
52. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
53. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
54. Port city in northwestern Belgium and industrial center.
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1. In addition.
2. One who works hard at boring tasks.
3. 100 avos equal 1 pataca.
4. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
5. Brief episode in which the brain gets insufficient blood supply.
6. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
7. An alloy of copper and zinc (and sometimes arsenic) used to imitate gold in cheap jewelry and for gilding.
8. At or constituting a border or edge.
9. A member of the Pueblo people living in northern New Mexico.
10. By bad luck.
19. An independent group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic languages.
21. Divulge information or secrets.
22. A historical area and former kingdom in northwestern Spain.
24. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
27. A fraudulent business scheme.
29. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
30. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
31. A Russian river.
33. Small genus of mediterranean shrubs.
36. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
37. 100 avos equal 1 pataca.
39. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
40. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
41. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
42. The compass point that is one point north of northeast.
43. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
45. Surface layer of ground containing a matt of grass and grass roots.
46. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
48. The cry made by sheep.
49. A mouth or mouthlike opening.
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