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1. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
4. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
7. A card game in which players bet against the dealer on the cards he will draw from a dealing box.
11. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
12. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
13. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
14. Type genus of the Sulidae.
16. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
17. The highest level or degree attainable.
18. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
19. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
21. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
22. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
25. A graphical recording of the cardiac cycle produced by an electrocardiograph.
27. A long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur.
28. Extremely pleasing.
30. Being one hundred more than two hundred.
35. A Loloish language.
38. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
40. Wheelwork consisting of a connected set of rotating gears by which force is transmitted or motion or torque is changed.
42. Obvious and dull.
46. (psychology) Characterized by avoidance or withdrawal.
48. A Hindu prince or king in India.
49. (informal) Roused to anger.
50. (in Gnosticism) A divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe.
53. A barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea.
54. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
55. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
56. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
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1. A vertical spar for supporting sails.
2. Largest known toad species.
3. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
4. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
5. A resource.
6. A small cake leavened with yeast.
7. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
8. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
9. Avatar of Vishnu.
10. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
15. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
20. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
23. A federation of North American labor unions that merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955.
24. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
26. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
29. The cry made by sheep.
31. A radioactive transuranic element.
32. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
33. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
34. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
36. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
37. A member of a seafaring group of North American Indians who lived on the Pacific coast of British Columbia and southwestern Alaska.
39. A soft gray ductile metallic element used in alloys.
41. An unforeseen obstacle.
42. A state in the Rocky Mountains.
43. A quantity of no importance.
44. Slightly open.
45. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
47. A beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water.
48. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
51. A Russian river.
52. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
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