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1. An early form of modern jazz (originating around 1940).
4. (usually followed by `to') Having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something.
8. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
11. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
12. (Old Testament) Cain and Abel were the first children of Adam and Eve born after the Fall of Man.
13. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
14. A beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water.
15. A river in central Italy rising in the Apennines and flowing through Florence and Pisa to the Ligurian Sea.
16. The last (12th) month of the year.
17. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
19. A Hebrew prophet in the Old Testament who opposed the worship of idols.
23. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
25. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
26. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
30. Type genus of the Majidae.
33. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
34. Electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field.
35. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
40. An associate degree in nursing.
43. Any of various minerals consisting of hydrous silicates of aluminum or potassium etc. that crystallize in forms that allow perfect cleavage into very thin leaves.
45. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
46. A master's degree in business.
47. Chief port of Yemen.
48. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
49. The network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal function.
50. 16 ounces.
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1. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
2. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
3. Seed of a pea plant.
4. Any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia.
5. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
6. (mathematics) Directly proportional.
7. An organic compound that contains a hydroxyl group bonded to a carbon atom which in turn is doubly bonded to another carbon atom.
8. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
9. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
10. Austrian physicist and philosopher who introduced the Mach number and who founded logical positivism (1838-1916).
18. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
20. Refuse to acknowledge.
21. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
22. A fine grained mineral having a soft soapy feel and consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate.
24. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
27. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
28. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
29. A monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles.
31. A port city in southwestern Iran.
32. New Zealand timber tree resembling the cypress.
36. A town in north central Oklahoma.
37. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
38. A small cake leavened with yeast.
39. South African term for `boss'.
41. The capital and largest city of Japan.
42. The rate at which heat is produced by an individual in a resting state.
43. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
44. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
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