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1. God of the earth.
4. Any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes.
7. Minute floating marine tunicate having a transparent body with an opening at each end.
11. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
12. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
13. Fleshy and usually brightly colored cover of some seeds that develops from the ovule stalk and partially or entirely envelopes the seed.
14. An authoritative direction or instruction to do something.
15. An adult male person (as opposed to a woman).
16. Female equine animal.
17. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
19. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
21. (criminal law) Money that must be forfeited by the bondsman if an accused person fails to appear in court for trial.
23. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
24. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
25. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
26. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
29. Filaments from a cobweb.
30. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
32. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
33. Extremely pleasing.
34. The 12th letter of the Greek alphabet.
38. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
42. The largest continent with 60% of the earth's population.
44. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
46. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
47. Not only so, but.
48. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
50. Blood cells that engulf and digest bacteria and fungi.
51. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
52. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
53. (meaning literally `born') Used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman.
54. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
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1. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
2. Any plant of the genus Erica.
3. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
4. Fallow deer.
5. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
6. In the Arabian Nights a hero who tells of the fantastic adventures he had in his voyages.
7. A constitutional monarchy on the western part of the islands of Samoa in the South Pacific.
8. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
9. The basic unit of money on Malta.
10. One of the common people.
18. An imperfection in a device or machine.
20. Jordan's port.
22. A ballistic missile that is capable of traveling from one continent to another.
27. A public promotion of some product or service.
28. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
31. In bed.
35. Employed in accomplishing something.
36. King of Saudi Arabia since 1982 (born in 1922).
37. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
39. The first light of day.
40. A French abbot.
41. (trademark) A liquid that temporarily disables a person.
43. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
45. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
49. Informal terms for a mother.
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