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1. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
5. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
7. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
11. A dissolute man in fashionable society.
12. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
13. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
14. A genus of Platalea.
16. Genus of sticky herbs with yellow flowers open in morning or evening but closed in bright light.
17. (British) Your grandmother.
18. A flexible container with a single opening.
20. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
24. Designer drug designed to have the effects of amphetamines (it floods the brain with serotonin) but to avoid the drug laws.
31. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
32. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances.
33. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
34. (used of animals especially a horse) Of a moderate reddish-brown color n 1.
36. Elk or moose.
40. A Bantu language spoken by the Kamba people in Kenya.
44. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
46. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
47. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
48. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
50. A reptile genus of Iguanidae.
51. A member of the genus Canis (probably descended from the common wolf) that has been domesticated by man since prehistoric times.
52. A small cake leavened with yeast.
53. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
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1. A theocratic republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
2. Type genus of the Majidae.
3. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
4. Japanese ornamental tree with fragrant white or pink blossoms and small yellow fruits.
5. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
6. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
7. Lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing wholly or in part.
8. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
9. (criminal law) Money that must be forfeited by the bondsman if an accused person fails to appear in court for trial.
10. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
15. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
19. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
21. Ground snakes.
22. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
23. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
25. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
26. Informal terms for a mother.
27. Nut of any of several trees of the genus Corylus.
28. Common Indian weaverbird.
29. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
30. A state in northwestern North America.
35. Jordan's port.
37. (trademark) A type of inflatable air mattress.
38. A steep rugged rock or cliff.
39. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
41. A heavy long-handled hammer used to drive stakes or wedges.
42. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
43. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
45. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
49. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
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