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1. A light touch or stroke.
4. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
7. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
11. (informal) Of the highest quality.
12. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
13. The eighth month of the civil year.
14. Mild form of diabetes mellitus that develops gradually in adults.
16. A member of an American Indian people of Yucatan and Belize and Guatemala who once had a culture characterized by outstanding architecture and pottery and astronomy.
17. A public promotion of some product or service.
18. An associate degree in applied science.
21. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
23. A bluish-white lustrous metallic element.
25. Sandwich filled with slices of bacon and tomato with lettuce.
27. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
28. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
32. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
34. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
36. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
37. Long green edible beaked pods of the okra plant.
39. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
41. Fill by packing tightly.
46. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
48. The capital of Western Samoa.
51. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.
52. British politician (1788-1850).
53. A master's degree in business.
54. A barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea.
55. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
56. A close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities.
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1. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
2. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
3. A piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep.
4. A large fleet.
5. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
6. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
7. Lacking in light.
8. An Indian nursemaid who looks after children.
9. Common Indian weaverbird.
10. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
15. An informal term for a father.
19. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
20. A member of a Turkic people of Uzbekistan and neighboring areas.
22. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
24. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
26. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
29. The cry made by sheep.
30. Unknown god.
31. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
33. (computer science) A computer that is running software that allows users to leave messages and access information of general interest.
35. Small genus of tropical African perennial bulbous herbs with deciduous twining stems.
38. A rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys.
40. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
42. (military) Signal to turn the lights out.
43. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
44. A small cake leavened with yeast.
45. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
47. A recurring sleep state during which dreaming occurs.
49. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
50. (folklore) Fairies that are somewhat mischievous.
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