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1. An Indian unit of length having different values in different localities.
5. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
8. The residue that remains when something is burned.
11. Concerning those not members of the clergy.
12. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
13. Fish eggs or egg-filled ovary.
14. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
15. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
17. An anxiety disorder associated with serious traumatic events and characterized by such symptoms as guilt about surviving or reliving the trauma in dreams or numbness and lack of involvement with reality or recurrent thoughts and images.
19. A small cake leavened with yeast.
21. A public promotion of some product or service.
23. A Dravidian language spoken in south central India.
25. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
29. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
30. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
33. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
34. Offering fun and gaiety.
36. Any of numerous ornamental shrubs grown for their showy flowers of various colors.
38. Unknown god.
42. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
44. A Gaelic-speaking Celt in Ireland or Scotland or the Isle of Man.
46. Type genus of the Amiidae.
49. The lean flesh of a fish similar to cod.
50. South African term for `boss'.
51. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
52. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
53. Unknown god.
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1. A sudden very loud noise.
2. A kiln for drying hops.
3. A complete metric system of units of measurement for scientists.
4. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
5. Jordan's port.
6. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
7. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
8. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
9. An upholstered seat for more than one person.
10. (of persons) Highest in rank or authority or office.
16. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
18. Dried root of two plants of the genus Polygala containing an irritating saponin.
20. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
22. A telegram sent abroad.
24. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
26. A federation of North American labor unions that merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955.
27. A blood group antigen possessed by Rh-positive people.
28. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
31. The cry made by sheep.
32. 35th President of the United States.
35. A name that has been assumed temporarily.
37. The battle in 202 BC in which Scipio decisively defeated Hannibal at the end of the second Punic War.
39. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
40. Flightless New Zealand rail of thievish disposition having short wings each with a spur used in fighting.
41. (pathology) An elevation of the skin filled with serous fluid.
43. God of the earth.
45. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
46. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
47. A state in midwestern United States.
48. A bachelor's degree in religion.
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