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1. The cry made by sheep.
4. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
8. A health resort near a spring or at the seaside.
11. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
12. Of a period of maximal use or demand or activity.
13. 4-wheeled motor vehicle.
14. Electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field.
15. An inactive volcano in Sicily.
16. (informal) Of the highest quality.
17. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
19. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
21. The cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one.
24. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
27. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
28. The face of a timepiece.
29. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
31. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
33. The sacred city of Lamaism.
37. The sign language used in the United States.
40. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
43. A slight amount or degree of difference.
44. Lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing wholly or in part.
45. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
46. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
47. A unit of pressure.
50. A device for creating a current of air by movement of a surface or surfaces.
51. A light touch or stroke.
52. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
53. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
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1. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
2. A river in northern England that flows southeast through West Yorkshire.
3. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
4. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
5. Come into the possession of something concrete or abstract.
6. Imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy.
7. Jordan's port.
8. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
9. A large indefinite number.
10. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
18. Sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with gray furry ears and coat.
20. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
22. A unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns.
23. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
25. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
26. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
30. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
32. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
34. Personnel who assist their superior in carrying out an assigned task.
35. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
36. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
38. Stalk of a moss capsule.
39. Young sheep.
41. A small cake leavened with yeast.
42. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
48. Being nine more than ninety.
49. A toxic nonmetallic element related to sulfur and tellurium.
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