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1. Formerly a large constellation in the southern hemisphere between Canis Major and the Southern Cross.
5. The airforce of Great Britain.
8. (informal) Roused to anger.
11. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
12. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
13. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
14. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
15. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
16. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
17. A bachelor's degree in religion.
18. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
20. (obstetrics) The number of live-born children a woman has delivered.
22. An independent group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic languages.
25. A small cake leavened with yeast.
28. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
29. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
32. Jordan's port.
34. Someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential).
36. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
37. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
38. Cattle that are reared for their meat.
39. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
44. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
49. Ancient Hebrew unit of liquid measure = 1.5 gallons.
51. (Sumerian) Sun god.
52. A doctor's degree in education.
53. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
54. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
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1. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
2. Scottish philosopher of common sense who opposed the ideas of David Hume (1710-1796).
3. 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.
4. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
5. A motley assortment of things.
6. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
7. The month following January and preceding March.
8. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
9. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
10. An informal term for a father.
19. Before noon.
21. A master's degree in business.
23. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
24. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
26. A state in northwestern North America.
27. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
30. A soft gray ductile metallic element used in alloys.
31. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
33. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
35. Any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species.
40. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
41. The basic unit of money in South Africa.
42. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
43. part of the peritoneum attached to the stomach and to the colon and covering the intestines.
45. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
46. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
47. A light touch or stroke.
48. A partially opened flower.
49. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
50. Informal terms for a mother.
51. A flexible container with a single opening.
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