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1. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
4. Highly excited.
8. A health resort near a spring or at the seaside.
11. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
12. (Polynesian) An alcoholic drink made from the aromatic roots of the kava shrub.
13. One-thousandth of an equivalent.
14. An unabridged dictionary constructed on historical principles.
15. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
16. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
17. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
19. 1 species.
21. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
22. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
23. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
28. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
29. Top part of an apron.
30. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
31. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
32. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
33. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
35. Noisy talk.
38. A city of central China.
42. The act of slowing down or falling behind.
44. A spar rising aft from a mast to support the head of a quadrilateral fore-and-aft sail.
47. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
48. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
49. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
50. The bill in a restaurant.
51. The cry made by sheep.
52. Type genus of the Ranidae.
53. (Babylonian) The sky god.
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1. French couturier whose first collection in 1947 created a style (tight bodice and narrow waist and flowing pleated skirt) that became known as the New Look (1905-1957).
2. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
3. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
4. Jordan's port.
5. Primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needle-like teeth.
6. Rounded like an egg.
7. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
8. Offensively malodorous.
9. Part of the perianth that is usually brightly colored.
10. Jordan's port.
18. The jurisdiction or office of an abbot.
20. Trees of chiefly South America.
24. A very light colorless element that is one of the six inert gasses.
25. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
26. A mature blood cell that contains hemoglobin to carry oxygen to the bodily tissues.
27. Being one more than two.
34. A small cake leavened with yeast.
36. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
37. God of love and erotic desire.
39. A tiny or scarcely detectable amount.
40. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
41. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
43. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
45. A device for creating a current of air by movement of a surface or surfaces.
46. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
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