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1. A Christian holiday celebrating the birth of Christ.
5. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
7. United States writer noted for his droll epigrams (1902-1971).
11. A long depression in the surface of the land that usually contains a river.
12. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
13. A small island.
14. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
16. A state of extreme confusion and disorder.
17. A state in midwestern United States.
18. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
20. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
23. Tropical American tree grown in southern United States having a whitish pink-tinged fruit.
26. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
28. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
29. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
32. A member of the Semitic speaking people of northern Ethiopia.
34. A genus of Platalea.
36. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
37. A light touch or stroke.
38. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
44. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
45. A signal transmitted along a narrow path.
49. In or of the month preceding the present one.
50. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
51. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
52. Small cubes with 1 to 6 spots on the faces.
53. Offering fun and gaiety.
54. Any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes.
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1. Being one more than sixteen.
2. An independent group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic languages.
3. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
4. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
5. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
6. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
7. Mild form of diabetes mellitus that develops gradually in adults.
8. The sign language used in the United States.
9. Block consisting of a thick piece of something.
10. A complex red organic pigment containing iron and other atoms to which oxygen binds.
15. A radioactive transuranic element.
19. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
21. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
22. Wild or domesticated South American cud-chewing animal related to camels but smaller and lacking a hump.
24. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
25. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
27. Before noon.
30. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
31. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
33. A motley assortment of things.
35. A sharp projection on an edge or surface.
39. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
40. Being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time.
41. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
42. A small cake leavened with yeast.
43. South African term for `boss'.
46. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
47. A master's degree in business.
48. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
49. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
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