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1. (old-fashioned) At or from or to a great distance.
5. A metric unit of length equal to one hundredth of a meter.
7. Any of various small biting flies.
11. Sustentacular tissue that surrounds and supports neurons in the central nervous system.
12. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
13. The arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek.
14. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
15. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
16. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
17. At right angles to the length of a ship or airplane.
20. When dried yields a hard substance used e.g. in golf balls.
23. A bachelor's degree in naval science.
26. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
27. The last (12th) month of the year.
28. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
30. An enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals are kept.
33. A graphical recording of the cardiac cycle produced by an electrocardiograph.
34. A dialect of Chinese spoken in southeastern China.
37. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
40. The atomic weight of an element that has the same combining capacity as a given weight of another element.
41. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
44. Fleshy spore-bearing inner mass of e.g. a puffball or stinkhorn.
47. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
48. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
50. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
51. An informal term for a father.
52. A partially opened flower.
53. A small cake leavened with yeast.
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1. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
2. Loose or flaccid body fat.
3. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
4. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
5. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
6. A master's degree in business.
7. A metric unit of weight equal to one thousandth of a kilogram.
8. Kamarupan languages spoken in northeastern India and western Burma.
9. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
10. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
18. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
19. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
21. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
22. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
24. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
25. The compass point that is one point east of due south.
29. Liquid containing proteins and electrolytes including the liquid in blood plasma and interstitial fluid.
31. The dialect of Albanian spoken in northern Albania and Yugoslavia.
32. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
35. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
36. Jordan's port.
38. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
39. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
40. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
42. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
43. A light touch or stroke.
45. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
46. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
47. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
49. Being one hundred more than three hundred.
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