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1. The month following February and preceding April.
4. Block consisting of a thick piece of something.
8. An insecticide that is also toxic to animals and humans.
11. Black tropical American cuckoo.
12. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
13. The cry made by sheep.
14. High quality grape brandy distilled in the Cognac district of France.
16. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
18. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
19. (zoology) Pertaining to or characteristic of birds.
21. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
23. Gully or streambed in North Africa and the Middle East that remains dry except during rainy season.
26. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
27. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
30. The act of moving along swiftly (as before a gale).
32. Water frozen in the solid state.
33. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
34. (classical architecture) A molding for a cornice.
36. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
39. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
43. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
47. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
48. Long coarse hair growing from the crest of the animal's neck.
49. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
50. Small cubes with 1 to 6 spots on the faces.
51. A primeval personification of air and breath.
52. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
53. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
54. A state in the eastern United States.
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1. Long-tailed brilliantly colored parrot of Central and South America.
2. A statistical method for making simultaneous comparisons between two or more means.
3. Incapable of or resistant to bending.
4. The act of scanning.
5. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
6. A public promotion of some product or service.
7. A piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep.
8. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
9. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
10. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
15. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
17. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
20. Not plain.
22. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
24. Concerning those not members of the clergy.
25. A complex red organic pigment containing iron and other atoms to which oxygen binds.
28. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
29. A bachelor's degree in religion.
31. Showing a high degree of refinement and the assurance that comes from wide social experience.
35. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
37. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
38. Chief port of Yemen.
39. Airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc..
40. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
41. Anything that serves as an enticement.
42. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
44. A guided missile fired from shipboard against an airborne target.
45. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
46. Being one hundred more than two hundred.
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