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1. The residue that remains when something is burned.
4. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
8. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
11. A digital display that uses liquid crystal cells that change reflectivity in an applied electric field.
12. A quantity of no importance.
13. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
14. United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters.
15. In a manner differing from the usual or expected.
17. Informal terms for a mother.
18. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
20. Not acknowledging the God of Christianity and Judaism and Islam.
22. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
23. A position particularly well suited to the person who occupies it.
28. Belonging to some prior time.
31. Remote city of Kazakhstan that (ostensibly for security reasons) was made the capital in 1998.
34. A person with an unusual or odd personality.
39. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
43. A boy or man.
44. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
45. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
46. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
47. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
48. A linear unit (1/6 inch) used in printing.
49. A member of a Mayan people of southwestern Guatemala.
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1. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
2. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
3. A lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood.
4. United States musician (born in Japan) who married John Lennon and collaborated with him on recordings (born in 1933).
5. A genus of Ploceidae.
6. A doctor's degree in education.
7. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
8. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
9. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
10. The act of scanning.
16. Noisy talk.
19. Take off a hook.
21. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
24. An inflammatory complication of leprosy that results in painful skin lesions on the arms and legs and face.
25. A nonmetallic largely pentavalent heavy volatile corrosive dark brown liquid element belonging to the halogens.
26. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
27. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
29. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
30. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
32. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
33. Joint capital (with Riyadh) of Saudi Arabia.
35. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
36. A white crystalline double sulfate of aluminum.
37. The battle in 202 BC in which Scipio decisively defeated Hannibal at the end of the second Punic War.
38. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
40. Of southern Europe.
41. (computer science) A measure of how densely information is packed on a storage medium.
42. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
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