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1. A polymer of vinyl chloride used instead of rubber in electric cables.
4. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
8. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
11. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
12. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
13. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
14. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
15. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
16. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
17. An old Scottish coin of little value.
19. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
21. A state in northwestern North America.
22. Unknown god.
24. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
26. Wild sheep of semidesert regions in central Asia.
30. A strategically located monarchy on the southern and eastern coasts of the Arabian Peninsula.
33. A battle in the Thirty Years' War (1643).
36. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
37. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
38. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
40. A light touch or stroke.
44. The main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants.
47. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
50. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
52. Type genus of the family Myacidae.
53. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
54. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
55. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
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1. One of the common people.
2. A Spanish unit of length (about a yard) having different values in different localities.
3. A wad of something chewable as tobacco.
4. A domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church.
5. A diacritical mark (an inverted circumflex) placed above certain letters (such as c) to indicate pronunciation.
6. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
7. A small cake leavened with yeast.
8. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
9. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
10. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
18. The hair growing on the lower part of a man's face.
20. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
23. A public promotion of some product or service.
25. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
27. An artificial language for international use that rejects rejects all existing words and is based instead on an abstract analysis of ideas.
28. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
29. Weight to be borne or conveyed.
31. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
32. A colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube.
34. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
35. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
39. British artist and writer of nonsense verse (1812-1888).
40. A spring-flowering shrub or small tree of the genus Crataegus.
41. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
42. Common Indian weaverbird.
43. (old-fashioned) At or from or to a great distance.
45. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
46. Extremely pleasing.
47. A toxic nonmetallic element related to sulfur and tellurium.
48. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
49. The executive agency that advises the President on the federal budget.
50. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
51. 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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