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1. An enclosed space.
4. (linguistics) The form of a word after all affixes are removed.
8. A rapid bustling commotion.
11. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
12. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
13. The upper side of the thighs of a seated person.
14. (folklore) Fairies that are somewhat mischievous.
15. The 2nd letter of the Greek alphabet.
16. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
17. An oral cephalosporin (trade names Keflex and Keflin and Keftab) commonly prescribe for mild to moderately severe infections of the skin or ears or throat or lungs or urinary tract.
20. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
21. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
24. Fleshy spore-bearing inner mass of e.g. a puffball or stinkhorn.
26. Food made from dough of flour or meal and usually raised with yeast or baking powder and then baked.
29. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
30. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
31. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
34. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
35. A supporter of feminism.
38. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
42. Fleshy and usually brightly colored cover of some seeds that develops from the ovule stalk and partially or entirely envelopes the seed.
43. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
46. The act of slowing down or falling behind.
47. The basic unit of money in Western Samoa.
48. A sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow).
49. United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters.
50. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
51. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
52. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
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1. A branch of the Tai languages.
2. (usually followed by `to') Having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something.
3. A beverage consisting of an infusion of ground coffee beans.
4. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
5. 100 thebe equal 1 pula.
6. Take in solid food.
7. A master's degree in business.
8. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
9. An informal term for a father.
10. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
18. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
19. A native of ancient Troy.
22. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
23. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
25. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
27. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
28. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
32. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
33. A promontory in northern Morocco opposite the Rock of Gibraltar.
36. Divulge information or secrets.
37. A Hindu prince or king in India.
38. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
39. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
40. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
41. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
44. Someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault.
45. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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