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1. (usually followed by `to' or `for') On the point of or strongly disposed.
4. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
8. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
11. Perennial herb of East India to Polynesia and Australia cultivated for its large edible root yielding Otaheite arrowroot starch.
12. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
13. The 21st letter of the Greek alphabet.
14. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
15. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
16. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
17. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
21. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
23. A member of an agricultural people of southern India.
26. Someone (physician or clergyman) who substitutes temporarily for another member of the same profession.
30. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
32. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
35. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
36. A public promotion of some product or service.
38. Having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified.
42. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
43. Savory jelly based on fish or meat stock used as a mold for meats or vegetables.
46. An artificial language that is a revision and simplification of Esperanto.
48. A three-tone Chadic language.
49. A master's degree in business.
50. A light touch or stroke.
51. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
52. The network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal function.
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1. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
2. A genus of Mustelidae.
3. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
4. Before noon.
5. A member of an agricultural people in southeastern India.
6. Imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy.
7. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
8. An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel.
9. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
10. Port city that is the capital and largest city of Latvia.
18. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
19. A flexible container with a single opening.
20. The cardinal number that is the sum of four and one.
22. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
24. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
25. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
27. (computer science) The part of a computer (a microprocessor chip) that does most of the data processing.
28. Being or moving higher in position or greater in some value.
29. A polyvalent metallic element that resembles chromium and tungsten in its properties.
31. Small genus of evergreen trees of tropical America and western Africa.
33. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
34. Pecuniary reimbursement to the winning party for the expenses of litigation.
35. An anxiety disorder characterized by chronic free-floating anxiety and such symptoms as tension or sweating or trembling of light-headedness or irritability etc that has lasted for more than six months.
37. An informal term for a father.
39. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
40. A small cake leavened with yeast.
41. South African term for `boss'.
44. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
45. The rate at which heat is produced by an individual in a resting state.
46. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
47. A Russian river.
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