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1. A master's degree in business.
4. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
8. The compass point that is one point south of due east.
11. Someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential).
12. God of love and erotic desire.
13. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
14. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
15. Distant in either space or time.
16. A reptile genus of Iguanidae.
17. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
19. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
21. A public promotion of some product or service.
22. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
24. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
25. Designer drug designed to have the effects of amphetamines (it floods the brain with serotonin) but to avoid the drug laws.
28. A close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities.
33. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
34. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
35. The cry made by sheep.
36. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
38. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
42. The 10th letter of the Greek alphabet.
46. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
47. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
50. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
51. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
52. (Old Testament) Cain and Abel were the first children of Adam and Eve born after the Fall of Man.
54. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
55. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
56. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
57. A master's degree in fine arts.
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1. Type genus of the Majidae.
2. (informal) Exceptionally good.
3. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
4. Jordan's port.
5. A spring-flowering shrub or small tree of the genus Crataegus.
6. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
7. Common Indian weaverbird.
8. Any of various systems of units for measuring electricity and magnetism.
9. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
10. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
18. A port city in southwestern Turkey on the Gulf of Antalya.
20. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
23. A nurse who has enough training to be licensed by a state to provide routine care for the sick.
26. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
27. Informal terms for a mother.
29. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
30. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
31. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
32. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
37. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
39. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
40. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
41. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
43. The inner surface of the hand from the wrist to the base of the fingers.
44. French cabaret singer (1915-1963).
45. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
48. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
49. Small cubes with 1 to 6 spots on the faces.
53. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
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