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1. The sign language used in the United States.
4. A Gaelic-speaking Celt in Ireland or Scotland or the Isle of Man.
8. The compass point that is one point east of due south.
11. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
12. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
13. A pass between mountain peaks.
14. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
15. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
16. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
17. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
19. English psychologist who collaborated with I. A. Richards in designing Basic English (1889-1957).
21. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
22. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
26. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
27. Type genus of the Anatidae.
31. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
32. (prosody) Of or consisting of iambs.
34. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
35. Informal terms for a (young) woman.
36. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
38. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
41. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
44. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
46. A port in southwestern Scotland.
49. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
50. The cry made by sheep.
52. An interest followed with exaggerated zeal.
53. 300 to 3000 megahertz.
54. Divulge information or secrets.
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1. Jordan's port.
2. Big-eyed scad.
3. Concerning those not members of the clergy.
4. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
5. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
6. Any of various trees of the genus Ulmus.
7. The dynasty that ruled much of Manchuria and northeastern China from 947 to 1125.
8. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
9. A soft oily clay used as a pigment (especially a reddish brown pigment).
10. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
18. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
20. Pasture grass of plains of South America and western North America.
23. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
24. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
25. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
28. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
29. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
30. A white trivalent metallic element.
33. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
37. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
39. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
40. An Indian nursemaid who looks after children.
41. A unit of luminous flux equal to the amount of light given out through a solid angle of 1 steradian by a point source of 1 candela intensity radiating uniformly in all directions.
42. A small cake leavened with yeast.
43. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
45. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
47. The airforce of Great Britain.
48. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
49. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
51. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
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