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1. A mature blood cell that contains hemoglobin to carry oxygen to the bodily tissues.
4. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
7. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
11. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
12. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
13. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
14. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
15. A health resort near a spring or at the seaside.
16. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
17. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
19. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
21. The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on.
22. An elaborate song for solo voice.
23. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
25. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
28. English actor noted for his portrayals of Shakespeare's great tragic characters (1789-1833).
31. Being one hundred more than three hundred.
32. 1,000 baiza equal 1 riyal-omani.
33. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
35. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
43. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
45. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
46. Any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue.
48. Having leadership guidance.
49. Narrow wood or metal or plastic runners used for gliding over snow.
50. Using speech rather than writing.
51. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
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1. A long noosed rope used to catch animals.
2. Eurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and bright pink flowers followed by scarlet hips.
3. A town in northern France on the Strait of Dover that serves as a ferry port to England.
4. The compass point that is one point south of due east.
5. An informal term for a father.
6. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
7. An anxiety disorder characterized by chronic free-floating anxiety and such symptoms as tension or sweating or trembling of light-headedness or irritability etc that has lasted for more than six months.
8. The sixth month of the civil year.
9. A small cake leavened with yeast.
10. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
18. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
20. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
24. Jordan's port.
26. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
27. The cry made by sheep.
29. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
30. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
34. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
36. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
37. An Iranian language spoken in Afghanistan.
38. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
39. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
40. Surrealist Spanish painter (1904-1989).
41. In bed.
42. A quantity of no importance.
44. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
45. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
47. A polyvalent metallic element that resembles chromium and tungsten in its properties.
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