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1. A health resort near a spring or at the seaside.
4. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
8. The compass point that is one point south of due east.
11. A pass between mountain peaks.
12. A cord fastened around the neck with an ornamental clasp and worn as a necktie.
13. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
14. Gear (including necessary machinery) for a particular enterprise.
15. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
16. A reptile genus of Iguanidae.
17. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
19. A radioactive transuranic element.
21. A public promotion of some product or service.
22. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
24. King of Saudi Arabia since 1982 (born in 1922).
26. Artists or writers whose ideas are ahead of their time.
27. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
30. An award for winning a championship or commemorating some other event.
31. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
33. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
34. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
35. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
37. Small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body.
41. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
45. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
49. The cry made by sheep.
50. The compass point that is one point north of due west.
51. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
52. A cgs unit of work or energy.
53. (meaning literally `born') Used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman.
54. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
55. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
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1. Lean end of the neck.
2. Thick stew made of rice and chicken and small game.
3. Of or relating to alga.
4. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
5. A member of the Shoshonean people of northeastern Arizona.
6. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
7. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
8. Any of various systems of units for measuring electricity and magnetism.
9. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
10. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
18. (usually plural) A destructive action.
20. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
23. Offering fun and gaiety.
25. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
28. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
29. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
32. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
36. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
38. A French abbot.
39. A stick that people can lean on to help them walk.
40. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
41. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
42. In bed.
43. An outlying farm building for storing grain or animal feed and housing farm animals.
44. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
46. A master's degree in business.
47. Counting the number of white and red blood cells and the number of platelets in 1 cubic millimeter of blood.
48. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
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