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1. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
4. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
8. Inquire about.
11. An anxiety disorder characterized by chronic free-floating anxiety and such symptoms as tension or sweating or trembling of light-headedness or irritability etc that has lasted for more than six months.
12. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
13. Mature female of mammals of which the male is called `buck'.
14. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
15. (prefix) Within.
16. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
17. By bad luck.
19. United States labor organizer who ran for President as a socialist (1855-1926).
21. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
22. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
24. Sour or bitter in taste.
25. Viscera and trimmings of a butchered animal often considered inedible by humans.
28. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
30. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
32. A small cake leavened with yeast.
34. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
35. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
36. The cry made by sheep.
38. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
42. Being one hundred more than two hundred.
44. A mature blood cell that contains hemoglobin to carry oxygen to the bodily tissues.
46. The habitation of wild animals.
48. Electronic equipment that provides visual images of varying electrical quantities.
49. A tight-fitting headdress.
50. City in southwestern Colombia in a rich agricultural area.
51. An associate degree in applied science.
52. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
53. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
54. A brittle gray crystalline element that is a semiconducting metalloid (resembling silicon) used in transistors.
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1. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
2. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
3. Designer drug designed to have the effects of amphetamines (it floods the brain with serotonin) but to avoid the drug laws.
4. How long something has existed.
5. The (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb.
6. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
7. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
8. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
9. Not affected by a chemical substance (especially alcohol).
10. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
18. Scarabaeid beetle considered divine by ancient Egyptians.
20. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
23. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
26. Extremely pleasing.
27. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
29. A cylindrical drawstring bag used by sailors to hold their clothing and other gear.
31. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
33. The capital and largest city of Ghana with a deep-water port.
37. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
39. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
40. A river that rises in western New Mexico and flows westward through southern Arizona to become a tributary of the Colorado River.
41. Baby bed with high sides.
43. Ratio of the adjacent side to the hypotenuse.
45. An accountant certified by the state.
47. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
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