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1. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
4. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
8. Immense East Indian fruit resembling breadfruit of.
11. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
12. An informal term for a father.
13. The act of using.
14. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
16. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
17. A light touch or stroke.
18. Informal terms for a mother.
19. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
21. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
23. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
24. (computer science) A computer that is running software that allows users to leave messages and access information of general interest.
26. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
28. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
29. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
30. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
33. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
35. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
36. Tree of the West Indies and northern South America bearing succulent edible orange-sized fruit.
39. A Hindu disciple of a swami.
43. (Babylonian) The sky god.
44. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
47. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
48. British informal term.
49. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
50. Resembling or similar.
51. Inquire about.
52. A legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body.
53. King of Saudi Arabia since 1982 (born in 1922).
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1. Leafless East Indian vine.
2. Strike with disgust or revulsion.
3. A unit of force equal to the force exerted by gravity.
4. A public promotion of some product or service.
5. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
6. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
7. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
8. (Old Testament) The fourth son of Jacob who was forebear of one of the tribes of Israel.
9. (Hindu) A manner of sitting (as in the practice of Yoga).
10. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
15. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
20. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
22. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
25. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
27. (Old Testament) The eldest son of Isaac who would have inherited the Covenant that God made with Abraham and that Abraham passed on to Isaac.
31. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
32. Small genus of dioecious tropical aquatic plants.
34. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
37. Type genus of the Anatidae.
38. Any thick messy substance.
40. Consisting of one of two equivalent parts in value or quantity.
41. The cardinal number that is the fifth power of ten.
42. In bed.
45. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
46. An audiotape recording of sound.
47. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
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