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1. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
5. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
8. A coral reef off the southern coast of Florida.
11. A raised mark on the skin (as produced by the blow of a whip).
12. Flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes.
13. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
14. (informal) Exceptionally good.
15. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
16. A broad flat muscle on either side of the back.
17. A state in the western United States.
18. A public promotion of some product or service.
20. The basic unit of money in Gambia.
24. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
25. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
27. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
29. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
30. A small cake leavened with yeast.
32. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
34. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
38. Italian lawn bowling (played on a long narrow dirt court).
41. The content of cognition.
43. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
47. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
48. Inflammation of the urethra of unknown cause.
50. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
51. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
52. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
53. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. The compass point that is one point west of southwest.
2. Characterized by lightness and insubstantiality.
3. The cry made by sheep.
4. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
5. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
6. No longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life.
7. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
8. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
9. By bad luck.
10. Large hairy humanoid creature said to live in the Himalayas.
19. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
21. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
22. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
23. An unstable meson produced as the result of a high-energy particle collision.
26. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
28. An accountant certified by the state.
31. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
33. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
35. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
36. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
37. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
39. A city in the Asian part of Russia.
40. part of the peritoneum attached to the stomach and to the colon and covering the intestines.
42. Fallow deer.
44. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
45. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
46. A light touch or stroke.
49. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
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