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1. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
5. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
8. A unit of pressure.
11. A member of a pastoral people living in the Nilgiri hills of southern India.
12. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
13. Towards the side away from the wind.
14. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
15. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
16. Strong liquor flavored with juniper berries.
17. A state in New England.
18. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
24. The cry made by sheep.
26. Being ten more than one hundred forty.
27. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
28. By bad luck.
30. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
33. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
34. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
37. A reserve of money set aside for some purpose.
40. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
43. Any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue.
44. (prefix) Bad or erroneous or lack of.
46. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
47. The residue that remains when something is burned.
48. An informal term for a father.
49. Tag the base runner to get him out.
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1. (physics and chemistry) The smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element.
2. A specific instance of feeling hopeful.
3. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
4. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
5. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
6. (informal) Exceptionally good.
7. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
8. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
9. Tropical New World lizard with a long tail and large rectangular scales on the belly and a long tail.
10. A faint constellation in the polar region of the southern hemisphere and containing part of the Large Magellanic Cloud.
19. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
20. A light touch or stroke.
21. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
22. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
23. A small cake leavened with yeast.
25. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
29. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
31. On a ship, train, plane or other vehicle.
32. A landlocked principality in the Himalayas northeast of India.
35. (Greek mythology) Goddess of discord.
36. A vigorous blow.
38. Kamarupan languages spoken in northeastern India and western Burma.
39. Lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise.
41. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
42. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
45. A public promotion of some product or service.
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