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1. The United Nations agency concerned with international maritime activities.
4. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
8. An insecticide that is also toxic to animals and humans.
11. A period of time spent sleeping.
12. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
13. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
14. A wad of something chewable as tobacco.
16. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
17. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
18. Exhibiting or restored to vigorous good health.
19. Capital and largest city of Iraq.
21. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
23. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
25. A bachelor's degree in religion.
30. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
32. An informal term for a father.
34. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
35. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
37. 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.
39. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
41. Russian country house.
45. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
48. Of or relating to or characteristic of the Republic of Chad or its people or language.
49. An adult male person (as opposed to a woman).
51. A state of deep and often prolonged unconsciousness.
52. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
53. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
54. Type genus of the Aceraceae.
55. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
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1. A unit of length (in United States and Britain) equal to one twelfth of a foot.
2. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
3. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
4. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
5. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
6. Jordan's port.
7. A small cake leavened with yeast.
8. No longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life.
9. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
10. (British) Traditional jazz as revived in the 1950s.
15. English writer and a central member of the Fabian Society (1858-1943).
20. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
22. A public promotion of some product or service.
24. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
26. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
27. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
28. A Russian river.
29. A state in southeastern United States.
31. A small tent used as a dressing room beside the sea or a swimming pool.
33. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
36. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
38. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
40. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
41. A close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities.
42. Colloquial British abbreviation.
43. Stable gear consisting of either of two curved supports that are attached to the collar of a draft horse and that hold the traces.
44. The sixth month of the civil year.
46. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
47. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
48. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
50. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
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