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1. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
4. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
8. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
11. A slight amount or degree of difference.
12. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
13. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
14. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
15. Queen of England as the 6th wife of Henry VIII (1512-1548).
16. Either of two folds of skin that can be moved to cover or open the eye.
17. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
19. Small beads made from polished shells and formerly used as money by native Americans.
21. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
22. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
24. A river of southwestern Africa that rises in central Angola and flows east and then north (forming part of the border between Angola and Congo) and continuing northwest through Congo to empty into the Congo River on the border between Congo and Republic of the Congo.
26. Jordan's port.
30. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
32. In bed.
34. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
35. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
36. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
42. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
45. A public promotion of some product or service.
46. (prefix) Bad or erroneous or lack of.
49. The residue that remains when something is burned.
50. A quantity of no importance.
51. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
52. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
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1. An inactive volcano in Sicily.
2. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
3. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
4. A watery solution of sugars, salts, and minerals that circulates through the vascular system of a plant.
5. A sudden very loud noise.
6. A unit of area (4840 square yards) used in English-speaking countries.
7. United States writer of poems and plays about racial conflict (born in 1934).
8. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
9. A promontory in northern Morocco opposite the Rock of Gibraltar.
10. A family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southeastern Asia.
18. Extremely pleasing.
20. A member of an agricultural people in southeastern India.
23. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
25. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
27. Unknown god.
28. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
29. A light touch or stroke.
31. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
33. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
37. (Greek mythology) Goddess of discord.
38. A vigorous blow.
39. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
40. (Polynesian) An alcoholic drink made from the aromatic roots of the kava shrub.
41. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
43. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
44. An informal term for a father.
47. An associate degree in nursing.
48. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
49. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
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