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1. An aromatic ointment used in antiquity.
5. A light touch or stroke.
8. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
11. A theocratic republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
12. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
13. An informal term for a father.
14. Sole genus of the family Naiadaceae.
15. United States conductor (born in Japan in 1935).
16. Any of various coarse shrubby plants of the genus Iva with small greenish flowers.
17. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
19. Kidney disease characterized by enlarged kidneys containing many cysts.
20. An imaginary elephant that appears in a series of French books for children.
23. God of love and erotic desire.
24. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
28. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
29. Extremely pleasing.
32. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
34. Jordan's port.
38. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
42. Gear (including necessary machinery) for a particular enterprise.
43. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
46. Stable gear consisting of either of two curved supports that are attached to the collar of a draft horse and that hold the traces.
47. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
48. A tight-fitting headdress.
49. Surpassing the ordinary especially in size or scale.
50. How long something has existed.
51. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
52. (British) An informer or spy working for the police.
53. A state in northwestern North America.
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1. (Sumerian and Babylonian) A solar deity.
2. An anti-TNF compound (trade name Arava) that is given orally.
3. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
4. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
5. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
6. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
7. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
8. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
9. An awkward stupid person.
10. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
18. Jordan's port.
21. A state in northwestern North America.
22. (sports) The chief official (as in boxing or American football) who is expected to ensure fair play.
25. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
26. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
27. A nonmetallic largely pentavalent heavy volatile corrosive dark brown liquid element belonging to the halogens.
30. A city in western Germany near the Dutch and Belgian borders.
31. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
33. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
35. The last imperial dynasty of China (from 1644 to 1912) which was overthrown by revolutionaries.
36. American novelist (1909-1955).
37. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
39. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
40. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
41. Any of various floor-like platforms built into a vessel.
44. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
45. An accountant certified by the state.
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