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1. A barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea.
4. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
8. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
11. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
12. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
13. The upper side of the thighs of a seated person.
14. The sign language used in the United States.
15. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
16. Minor or subordinate.
17. Grass with wide flat leaves cultivated in Europe and America for permanent pasture and hay and for lawns.
19. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
21. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
22. (Judaism) Sacred chest where the ancient Hebrews kept the two tablets containing the Ten Commandments.
23. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
25. (archaic or Scottish) Faithful and true.
30. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
31. King of Denmark and Norway who forced Edmund II to divide England with him.
32. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
34. The vertical triangular wall between the sloping ends of gable roof.
38. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
40. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
42. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
43. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
45. Having the slant of a bevel.
48. The rate at which heat is produced by an individual in a resting state.
49. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
50. The work of caring for or attending to someone or something.
51. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
52. Having much flesh (especially fat).
53. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
54. A boy or man.
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1. Lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing wholly or in part.
2. A domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church.
3. A master's degree in library science.
4. An ancient Assyrian city on the River Tigris and traditional capital of Assyria.
5. A diacritical mark (an inverted circumflex) placed above certain letters (such as c) to indicate pronunciation.
6. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
7. A small cake leavened with yeast.
8. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
9. Common Indian weaverbird.
10. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
18. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
20. Disparaging terms for the common people.
24. A nonmetallic largely pentavalent heavy volatile corrosive dark brown liquid element belonging to the halogens.
26. The branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication.
27. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
28. A bluish-white lustrous metallic element.
29. The month following July and preceding September.
33. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
35. A confusion of voices and other sounds.
36. Minute aquatic herbs floating on or below the water surface of still water consisting of a leaflike frond or plant body and single root.
37. Worn or shabby from overuse or (of pages) from having corners turned down.
39. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
40. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
41. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
42. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
44. Any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse.
46. Government agency created in 1974 to license and regulate nuclear power plants.
47. A beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water.
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