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1. (Judaism) Sacred chest where the ancient Hebrews kept the two tablets containing the Ten Commandments.
4. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
7. A small cake leavened with yeast.
11. Step on it.
12. 10 grams.
13. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
14. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
15. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
16. Offering fun and gaiety.
17. A small ball with a hole through the middle.
19. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
21. A member of a Mayan people of southwestern Guatemala.
22. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
24. Lower in esteem.
26. A public promotion of some product or service.
28. Flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes.
30. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
31. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
32. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
34. Material used to daub walls.
36. Loose or flaccid body fat.
37. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
38. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
41. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
44. An ornamental jewelled headdress signifying sovereignty.
48. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
49. A human limb.
50. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
53. A light touch or stroke.
54. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
55. Late time of life.
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1. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
2. Cause annoyance in.
3. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
4. A doctor's degree in education.
5. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
6. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
7. A flexible container with a single opening.
8. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
9. A pale rose-colored variety of the ruby spinel.
10. An edilbe seaweed with a mild flavor.
18. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
20. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
23. Made of fir or pine.
25. A member of an agricultural people of southern India.
27. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
29. One of the most common of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
33. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
35. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
39. The basic unit of money on Malta.
40. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
42. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
43. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
45. The compass point that is one point south of due east.
46. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
47. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
51. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
52. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
53. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
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