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1. A mature blood cell that contains hemoglobin to carry oxygen to the bodily tissues.
4. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
8. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
11. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
12. An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel.
13. The money risked on a gamble.
14. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
15. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
16. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
17. Lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing wholly or in part.
19. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
21. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
22. Having a face or facing especially of a specified kind or number.
24. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
26. Fleshy spore-bearing inner mass of e.g. a puffball or stinkhorn.
28. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
29. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
30. 35th President of the United States.
32. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
33. A public promotion of some product or service.
34. A state in northwestern North America.
36. The act of scanning.
43. An accidental happening.
46. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
47. The compass point that is one point south of due west.
48. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
49. Either of two folds of skin that can be moved to cover or open the eye.
50. How long something has existed.
51. A small cake leavened with yeast.
52. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
53. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
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1. Taking place over public roads.
2. (Scottish) Bluish-black or gray-blue.
3. A bottle with a stopper.
4. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
5. An emergency procedure consisting of external cardiac massage and artificial respiration.
6. Having the leading position or higher score in a contest.
7. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
8. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
9. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
10. A city in central New York.
18. Of or relating to Fabianism.
20. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
23. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
25. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
27. Being one more than fifty.
31. New Zealand timber tree resembling the cypress.
35. Unknown god.
37. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
38. A domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church.
39. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
40. Bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves.
41. A town in north central Oklahoma.
42. A quantity of no importance.
44. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
45. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
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