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1. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
4. Common Indian weaverbird.
8. A rapid bustling commotion.
11. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
12. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
13. The upper side of the thighs of a seated person.
14. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
15. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
16. The compass point that is one point east of due south.
17. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
20. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
21. A light touch or stroke.
23. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
24. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
27. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
29. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
30. (informal) Exceptionally good.
32. Offering fun and gaiety.
35. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
36. The Mongol people living the the central and eastern parts of Outer Mongolia.
40. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
42. A decree that prohibits something.
45. A branch of the Tai languages.
46. (Scotland) A small loaf or roll of soft bread.
48. A shaped mass of baked bread.
51. A master's degree in business.
52. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
53. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
54. Tag the base runner to get him out.
55. An informal term for a father.
56. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
57. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. A globular water bottle used in Asia.
2. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
3. A small cake leavened with yeast.
4. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
5. 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).
6. Not only so, but.
7. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
8. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
9. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
10. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
18. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
19. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
22. A flexible container with a single opening.
25. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
26. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
28. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
31. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
33. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
34. An associate degree in applied science.
37. A genus of Lamnidae.
38. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
39. Jordan's port.
41. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
42. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
43. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
44. The Hebrew patriarch who saved himself and his family and the animals by building an ark in which they survived 40 days and 40 nights of rain.
47. A number of sheets of paper fastened together along one edge.
49. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
50. Extremely pleasing.
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