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1. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
4. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
8. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
11. A slight amount or degree of difference.
12. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
13. The rate at which red blood cells settle out in a tube of blood under standardized conditions.
14. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
15. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
16. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
17. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
20. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
23. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
26. A piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep.
29. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
31. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
32. The 19th letter of the Greek alphabet.
34. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
36. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
38. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
42. Of or relating to a member of the Buddhist people inhabiting the Mekong river in Laos and Thailand.
44. A resource.
47. An interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open.
48. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
49. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
50. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
51. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
52. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
53. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
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1. An inactive volcano in Sicily.
2. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
3. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
4. Hungarian choreographer who developed Labanotation (1879-1958).
5. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
6. A female domestic.
7. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
8. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
9. (Old Testament) The eldest son of Isaac who would have inherited the Covenant that God made with Abraham and that Abraham passed on to Isaac.
10. Fleshy and usually brightly colored cover of some seeds that develops from the ovule stalk and partially or entirely envelopes the seed.
18. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
19. Being ten more than one hundred forty.
21. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
22. A public promotion of some product or service.
24. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
25. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
27. Half the width of an em.
28. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
30. Atlantic coast round clams with hard shells.
33. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
35. A small cake leavened with yeast.
36. A Mid-Atlantic state.
37. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
38. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
39. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
40. On or toward the lee.
41. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
43. The executive agency that advises the President on the federal budget.
45. One of the most common of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
46. A light touch or stroke.
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