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1. A committee in the executive branch of government that advises the president on foreign and military and national security.
4. A small cake leavened with yeast.
8. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
11. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
12. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
13. (Scotland) A small loaf or roll of soft bread.
14. Former measure of the US economy.
15. Any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae.
16. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.
17. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
19. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
21. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
22. (neurology) Of or relating to the vagus nerve.
23. The bill in a restaurant.
25. A rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys.
29. A lyric poem with complex stanza forms.
31. A city in northern India.
33. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
34. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
41. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
44. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
45. (prefix) Bad or erroneous or lack of.
47. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
48. The residue that remains when something is burned.
49. The capital and chief port of Qatar.
50. A member of a Mayan people of southwestern Guatemala.
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1. A desert in southern Israel.
2. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
3. A byproduct of inflammation.
4. Gibberish resembling the sounds of a baby.
5. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
6. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
7. (biology) Of unlike parts or organs.
8. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
9. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
10. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
18. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
20. A bottle with a stopper.
24. A flexible container with a single opening.
26. A light touch or stroke.
27. A heavy brittle metallic element of the platinum group.
28. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
30. A bachelor's degree in religion.
32. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
35. (Greek mythology) Goddess of discord.
36. A vigorous blow.
37. A Hindu prince or king in India.
38. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
39. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
40. A white crystalline double sulfate of aluminum.
42. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
43. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
46. A hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red blood cells their characteristic color.
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