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1. (usually followed by `to') Having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something.
5. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances.
7. South African term for `boss'.
11. Taken or to be taken at random.
12. A person forced to flee from home or country.
13. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
14. German chemist who was co-discoverer with Lise Meitner of nuclear fission (1879-1968).
15. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
16. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
17. A fluorocarbon with chlorine.
19. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
24. (old-fashioned) At or from or to a great distance.
26. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
28. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
31. An informal term for a father.
35. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
36. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
43. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
44. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
47. The bureau of the Treasury Department responsible for tax collections.
49. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
50. The seat within a bishop's diocese where his cathedral is located adv.
51. Slanting diagonally across the grain of a fabric.
52. The 19th letter of the Greek alphabet.
53. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
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1. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
2. (informal) Exceptionally good.
3. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
4. The compass point that is one point north of due east.
5. Being one hundred more than three hundred.
6. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
7. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
8. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
9. An inflammatory disease involving the sebaceous glands of the skin.
10. An narrative telling the adventures of a hero or a family.
18. A tax on employees and employers that is used to fund the Social Security system.
20. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
21. A hard brittle blue-white multivalent metallic element.
22. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
23. A Hindu prince or king in India.
25. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
27. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
29. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
30. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
32. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
33. (informal) Of the highest quality.
34. A light touch or stroke.
37. A unit of area (4840 square yards) used in English-speaking countries.
38. Freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort.
39. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
40. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
41. A small cake leavened with yeast.
42. Used as a Hindi courtesy title.
45. The state of matter distinguished from the solid and liquid states by.
46. The money risked on a gamble.
47. A colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube.
48. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
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