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1. A sharply directional antenna.
5. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
7. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
11. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
12. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
13. A river in western Asia.
14. A choice that is made by voting.
15. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
16. A white crystalline double sulfate of aluminum.
17. A colorless explosive liquid that is volatile and poisonous and foul-smelling.
18. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
22. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
23. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
25. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
29. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
31. A port city in southwestern Iran.
33. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
35. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
42. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
44. Made from residue of grapes or apples after pressing.
46. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
47. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
49. The cry made by sheep.
50. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
51. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
52. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
53. Failing to speak or communicate etc when expected to.
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1. A name for the Old Testament God as transliterated from the Hebrew YHVH.
2. (in Gnosticism) A divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe.
3. (slang) A gangster's pistol.
4. A medicinal drug used to evoke vomiting (especially in cases of drug overdose or poisoning).
5. A motley assortment of things.
6. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
7. Jordan's port.
8. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
9. Starch resembling sago that is obtained from cuckoopint root.
10. An inclined surface or roadway that moves traffic from one level to another.
19. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
20. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
21. English monk and scholar (672-735).
24. An informal term for a father.
26. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
27. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
28. Half the width of an em.
30. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
32. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
34. 16 ounces.
36. A small nail.
37. Using speech rather than writing.
38. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
39. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
40. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
41. Electronic warfare undertaken to insure effective friendly use of the electromagnetic spectrum in spite of the enemy's use of electronic warfare.
43. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
45. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
48. A public promotion of some product or service.
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