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1. Any high mountain.
4. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
8. Someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential).
11. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
12. Rock that in its molten form (as magma) issues from volcanos.
13. Primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needle-like teeth.
14. A slight amount or degree of difference.
15. A lump of material formed from the content of a liquid.
16. A type of submachine gun that is designed and manufactured in Israel.
17. A severe or trying experience.
18. Affect with wonder.
20. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
21. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
27. Short and fat.
29. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
32. A master's degree in fine arts.
33. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
34. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
37. A belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school.
40. The month following March and preceding May.
44. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
45. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
46. Using speech rather than writing.
47. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
48. Not divisible by two.
49. A small cake leavened with yeast.
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1. British politician (born in the United States) who was the first woman to sit in the British House of Commons (1879-1964).
2. Acquire or gain knowledge or skills.
3. A genus of Ploceidae.
4. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
5. (Jewish cookery) A loaf of white bread containing eggs and leavened with yeast.
6. 100 avos equal 1 pataca.
7. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
8. Largest known toad species.
9. Harass with persistent criticism or carping.
10. Soft creamy white cheese.
19. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
22. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
23. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
24. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
25. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
26. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
28. A mountainous region in central Italy.
30. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
31. Minute blackish gregarious flies destructive to mushrooms and seedlings.
35. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
36. King of Saudi Arabia since 1982 (born in 1922).
38. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
39. The arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek.
41. A member of the Siouan people living in the Yazoo river valley in Mississippi.
42. An interest followed with exaggerated zeal.
43. A numbered compartment in a post office where mail is put to be called for.
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