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1. A diagram or picture illustrating textual material.
4. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
8. A device for creating a current of air by movement of a surface or surfaces.
11. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
12. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
13. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
14. One of the jointed appendages of an animal used for locomotion or grasping.
16. (computer science) A coding system that incorporates extra parity bits in order to detect errors.
17. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
18. God of love and erotic desire.
19. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
21. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
22. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
23. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
24. In bed.
26. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
29. A digital display that uses liquid crystal cells that change reflectivity in an applied electric field.
30. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
31. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
33. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
34. A bottle with a stopper.
38. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
42. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
43. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
46. The act of slowing down or falling behind.
47. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
48. A light touch or stroke.
49. 4-wheeled motor vehicle.
50. Expel, as of gases and odors.
51. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
52. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
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1. Your parents.
2. (anatomy) Of or relating to the ilium.
3. The 3rd letter of the Greek alphabet.
4. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
5. Having the leading position or higher score in a contest.
6. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
7. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
8. The month following January and preceding March.
9. With rapid movements.
10. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
15. A small cake leavened with yeast.
20. A state in southeastern India on the Bay of Bengal (south of Andhra Pradesh).
25. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
27. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
28. An interest followed with exaggerated zeal.
32. The capital of Morocco.
33. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
35. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
36. East Indian cereal grass whose seed yield a somewhat bitter flour, a staple in the Orient.
37. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
39. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
40. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
41. A city in northern India.
44. Someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault.
45. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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