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1. 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.
5. A master's degree in fine arts.
8. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
11. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
12. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
13. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
14. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
15. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
16. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
17. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
18. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
20. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
23. Liquid containing proteins and electrolytes including the liquid in blood plasma and interstitial fluid.
25. The compass point that is one point south of due east.
28. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
29. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
31. Marked by the reception of pay.
34. Of or relating to Oman or its people.
35. A port city in southwestern Turkey on the Gulf of Antalya.
37. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
38. The last (12th) month of the year.
39. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
43. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
47. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
50. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
51. Psychoactive substance present in marijuana.
52. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
54. Take in solid food.
55. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
56. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
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1. Wood of any of various maple trees.
2. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
3. Being one hundred more than two hundred.
4. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
5. A master's degree in business.
6. A device for creating a current of air by movement of a surface or surfaces.
7. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
8. A state in northwestern North America.
9. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
10. A small cake leavened with yeast.
19. Soviet chief of secret police under Joseph Stalin.
21. Wool of the alpaca.
22. Heal or recover.
24. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
26. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
27. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
30. A ruler of the Inca Empire (or a member of his family).
32. Being one more than one.
33. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
36. Made of fir or pine.
40. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
41. Consideration in dealing with others and avoiding giving offence.
42. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
43. An associate degree in nursing.
44. Avatar of Vishnu.
45. A slender double-reed instrument.
46. Kamarupan languages spoken in northeastern India and western Burma.
48. A beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water.
49. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
50. A public promotion of some product or service.
53. A complete metric system of units of measurement for scientists.
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