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1. A guided missile fired from shipboard against an airborne target.
4. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
8. System of measurement based on centimeters and grams and seconds.
11. 100 pyas equal 1 kyat.
12. The capital of Western Samoa.
13. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
14. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
15. The act of hitting a baseball lightly without swinging the bat.
16. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
17. A Bantu language spoken by the Chaga people in northern Tanzania.
19. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
23. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
26. A piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep.
31. A long backless sofa (usually with pillows against a wall).
33. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
35. A unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns.
36. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
37. A tight-fitting headdress.
40. A cooperative unit.
44. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
47. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
50. The 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet.
51. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
52. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
53. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
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1. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
2. An Indian nursemaid who looks after children.
3. God of death.
4. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
5. (computer science) The part of a computer (a microprocessor chip) that does most of the data processing.
6. Belonging to or on behalf of a specified person (especially yourself).
7. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
8. Group of people related by blood or marriage.
9. A measuring instrument for measuring and indicating a quantity or for testing conformity with a standard.
10. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
18. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
20. A radioactive transuranic element.
21. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
22. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
24. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
25. The eleventh month of the civil year.
27. A light touch or stroke.
28. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
29. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
30. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
32. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
34. Profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger.
38. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
39. Having nine hinged bands of bony plates.
41. (used of count nouns) Every one considered individually.
42. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
43. Injure or wound seriously and leave permanent disfiguration or mutilation.
45. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
46. The cry made by sheep.
48. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
49. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
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