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1. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
4. The sound made by corvine birds.
7. Occurring widely (as to many people).
11. A conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures.
12. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
13. Beside one another in a row or rank.
14. Of or relating to or involving an area.
16. A Hindu prince or king in India.
17. A summary that repeats the substance of a longer discussion.
18. A cylindrical drawstring bag used by sailors to hold their clothing and other gear.
19. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
21. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
24. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
26. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
29. A narcotic that is considered a hard drug.
31. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
33. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
34. A deep bow.
37. A long-playing phonograph record.
39. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
40. The mission in San Antonio where in 1836 Mexican forces under Santa Anna besieged and massacred American rebels who were fighting to make Texas independent of Mexico.
43. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
47. (Scotland) A small loaf or roll of soft bread.
48. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
49. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
51. (obstetrics) The number of live-born children a woman has delivered.
52. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
53. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
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1. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
2. Denuded of leaves.
3. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
4. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
5. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
6. A large number or amount.
7. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
8. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
9. Erect bushy hairy annual herb having trifoliate leaves and purple to pink flowers.
10. (informal) Valuable goods.
15. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
20. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
22. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
23. An associate degree in applied science.
25. The cry made by sheep.
27. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
28. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
30. A member of an agricultural people in southeastern India.
32. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
35. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
36. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
38. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
41. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
42. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
44. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
45. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
46. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
50. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
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