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1. (informal) Roused to anger.
4. A bachelor's degree in theology.
7. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
11. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
12. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
13. A Spanish unit of length (about a yard) having different values in different localities.
14. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
15. A son who has the same first name as his father.
16. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
17. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
18. A golf shot that curves to the right for a right-handed golfer.
20. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
23. A tax on employees and employers that is used to fund the Social Security system.
26. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
29. (from a combination of MOdulate and DEModulate) Electronic equipment consisting of a device used to connect computers by a telephone line.
31. Imprudently incurring risk.
32. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
33. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
36. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
41. (informal) Exceptionally good.
42. One of the most common of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
45. (computer science) A coding system that incorporates extra parity bits in order to detect errors.
47. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
48. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
49. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
50. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
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1. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
2. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
3. An informal term for a father.
4. A crystalline metallic element not found in nature.
5. Seizure of a vehicle in transit either to rob it or divert it to an alternate destination.
6. A lyric poet.
7. 100 avos equal 1 pataca.
8. An accidental happening.
9. Of or relating to or involving an area.
10. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
19. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
21. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
22. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
24. (Greek mythology) A maiden seduced by Zeus.
25. Being one hundred more than three hundred.
27. Late time of life.
28. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
30. A master's degree in business.
34. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
35. Framework for holding objects.
37. A river that rises in western New Mexico and flows westward through southern Arizona to become a tributary of the Colorado River.
38. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
39. A small cake leavened with yeast.
40. German organist and contrapuntist (1685-1750).
43. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
44. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
46. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
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