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1. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
5. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
8. Perennial herb of East India to Polynesia and Australia cultivated for its large edible root yielding Otaheite arrowroot starch.
11. Stable gear consisting of either of two curved supports that are attached to the collar of a draft horse and that hold the traces.
12. An anxiety disorder characterized by chronic free-floating anxiety and such symptoms as tension or sweating or trembling of light-headedness or irritability etc that has lasted for more than six months.
13. An inflammatory complication of leprosy that results in painful skin lesions on the arms and legs and face.
14. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
15. Feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and being unable to roar.
16. Floor covering consisting of a piece of thick heavy fabric (usually with nap or pile).
17. Common Indian weaverbird.
19. Any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia.
22. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
25. Make less active or intense.
26. A member of an agricultural people of southern India.
29. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
30. The sixth month of the civil year.
31. The cry made by sheep.
34. A heavy brittle diamagnetic trivalent metallic element (resembles arsenic and antimony chemically).
35. A leisurely walk (usually in some public place).
37. A bachelor's degree in religion.
39. Relating to of containing or affecting blood.
42. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
46. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
47. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
48. An association of people to promote the welfare of senior citizens.
50. Sexually transmitted urethritis (usually caused by chlamydia).
51. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
52. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
53. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
54. Being one hundred more than three hundred.
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1. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
2. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
3. Any of the forms of Chinese spoken in Fukien province.
4. A Mid-Atlantic state.
5. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
6. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
7. Being one hundred more than three hundred.
8. Type genus of the Percidae.
9. A member of a people inhabiting the Arctic (northern Canada or Greenland or Alaska or eastern Siberia).
10. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
18. Very small free-living arachnid that is parasitic on animals or plants.
20. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
21. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
23. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
24. A small cake leavened with yeast.
27. A public promotion of some product or service.
28. A light touch or stroke.
32. A member of the Semitic speaking people of northern Ethiopia.
33. The ability and desire to purchase goods and services.
36. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
38. An informal term for a father.
40. Any tree or shrub of the genus Inga having pinnate leaves and showy usually white flowers.
41. part of the peritoneum attached to the stomach and to the colon and covering the intestines.
43. (informal) `johnny' was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War.
44. An associate degree in applied science.
45. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
46. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
49. A soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element.
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