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1. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
5. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
7. African tree with edible yellow fruit resembling mangos.
11. An informal term for a father.
12. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
13. (pathology) An elevation of the skin filled with serous fluid.
14. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
15. System of measurement based on centimeters and grams and seconds.
17. Make amends for.
18. A metric unit of volume equal to one tenth of a liter.
19. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
21. Depressing in character or appearance.
23. A small cake leavened with yeast.
25. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
26. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
29. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
30. (Akkadian) Mother of the gods and consort of Apsu.
34. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
35. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
36. An associate degree in nursing.
38. A dark region of considerable extent on the surface of the moon.
41. Common Indian weaverbird.
45. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
46. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
48. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
49. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
50. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
51. An elegantly dressed man (often with affected manners).
52. A white trivalent metallic element.
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1. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
2. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
3. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
4. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
5. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
6. Capital and largest city of Iraq.
7. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
8. Tropical American tree grown in southern United States having a whitish pink-tinged fruit.
9. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
10. A promontory in northern Morocco opposite the Rock of Gibraltar.
16. A complete metric system of units of measurement for scientists.
20. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
22. A Japanese shrub that resembles members of the genus Spiraea.
24. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
27. A heavy brittle diamagnetic trivalent metallic element (resembles arsenic and antimony chemically).
28. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
31. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
32. Remote city of Kazakhstan that (ostensibly for security reasons) was made the capital in 1998.
33. A native of ancient Troy.
37. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
38. A doctor's degree in religion.
39. The villain in William Shakespeare's tragedy who tricked Othello into murdering his wife.
40. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
42. Noisy talk.
43. The waging of armed conflict against an enemy.
44. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
47. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
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