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1. The central part of a car wheel (or fan or propeller etc) through which the shaft or axle passes.
4. Any of various units of capacity.
7. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
11. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
12. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
13. The sixth month of the civil year.
14. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
15. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
16. A collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn.
17. A historical region on northwestern India and northern Pakistan.
20. A member of a Mayan people of southwestern Guatemala.
23. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
26. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
29. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
31. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
33. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
35. Of or relating to a member of the Buddhist people inhabiting the Mekong river in Laos and Thailand.
36. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
38. An associate degree in applied science.
40. The executive agency that advises the President on the federal budget.
43. A soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element.
46. Being one hundred more than two hundred.
47. An adherent of any branch of Taoism.
48. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
49. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
51. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
52. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
53. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
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1. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
2. Relatively small fast-moving sloth.
3. The capital of Switzerland.
4. A small cake leavened with yeast.
5. Divulge information or secrets.
6. A boy or man.
7. An informal term for a father.
8. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
9. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
10. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
18. (Old Testament) The fourth son of Jacob who was forebear of one of the tribes of Israel.
19. A village of huts for native Africans in southern Africa.
21. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
22. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
24. A Mid-Atlantic state.
25. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
27. The branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication.
28. A public promotion of some product or service.
30. The cry made by sheep.
32. A member of the Wakashan people living on Vancouver Island and in the Cape Flattery region of northwestern Washington.
34. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
35. A boy or man.
37. A toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion.
38. Bulky grayish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail.
39. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
41. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
42. Old World wild swine having a narrow body and prominent tusks from which most domestic swine come.
44. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
45. A light touch or stroke.
46. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
50. Before noon.
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