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1. South African term for `boss'.
5. A midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region.
7. Telephone line (Wide Area Telephone Service).
11. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
12. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
13. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
14. The act of scanning.
15. A doctor's degree in religion.
16. A Chadic language spoken in Chad.
17. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
18. Capital of Nigeria in the center of the country.
21. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
22. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
23. The cry made by sheep.
26. The last (12th) month of the year.
29. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
30. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
31. A port in western Israel on the Mediterranean.
34. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
35. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
38. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
40. Standard time in the 6th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 90th meridian.
43. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
44. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
48. Step on it.
49. The sixth month of the civil year.
51. Being six more than fifty.
52. Lacking in light.
53. Small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body.
54. Seed of a pea plant.
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1. A vigorous blow.
2. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
3. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
4. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
5. Solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels.
6. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
7. Pan with a convex bottom.
8. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
9. A three-tone Chadic language.
10. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
19. A small cake leavened with yeast.
20. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
24. A covered passageway.
25. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
27. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
28. A radioactive transuranic element.
32. A tax on employees and employers that is used to fund the Social Security system.
33. Being one hundred more than three hundred.
36. Tropical American plants with basal rosettes of fibrous sword-shaped leaves and flowers in tall spikes.
37. Genus of sticky herbs with yellow flowers open in morning or evening but closed in bright light.
39. Being three more than fifty.
40. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
41. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
42. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
43. (informal) Being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition.
45. A recurring sleep state during which dreaming occurs.
46. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
47. The branch of information science that deals with natural language information.
48. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
50. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
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