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1. (usually followed by `to' or `for') On the point of or strongly disposed.
4. Forming viscous or glutinous threads.
8. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
11. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
12. The persistence of a sound after its source has stopped.
13. The cry made by sheep.
14. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
15. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
16. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
17. When dried yields a hard substance used e.g. in golf balls.
19. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
21. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
22. Avatar of Vishnu.
24. Scottish sea captain who was hired to protect British shipping in the Indian Ocean and then was accused of piracy and hanged (1645-1701).
26. One of the evil spirits of traditional Jewish and Christian belief.
31. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
32. A sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow).
33. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
34. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
35. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
38. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
43. Slightly open.
45. The act of slowing down or falling behind.
47. An enzyme that catalyzes the oxidation of many body compounds (e.g., epinephrine and norepinephrine and serotonin).
48. A collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn.
49. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
51. A set of questions or exercises evaluating skill or knowledge.
52. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
53. A branch of the Tai languages.
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1. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
2. A genus of Mustelidae.
3. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
4. A long noosed rope used to catch animals.
5. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
6. The 21st letter of the Greek alphabet.
7. The 10th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
8. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
9. A cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment).
10. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
18. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
20. (informal) Of the highest quality.
23. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
25. Being nine more than ninety.
27. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
28. Informal terms for a mother.
29. A Russian river.
30. A state in southeastern United States.
36. A mythical Greek hero.
37. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
39. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
40. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
41. A small cake leavened with yeast.
42. An utterance expressing pain or disapproval.
44. The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on.
46. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
50. An honorary degree in science.
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