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1. (usually followed by `to') Having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something.
5. A fatal disease of cattle that affects the central nervous system.
8. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
11. Taken or to be taken at random.
12. The United Nations agency concerned with the interests of labor.
13. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
14. German chemist who was co-discoverer with Lise Meitner of nuclear fission (1879-1968).
15. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
16. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
17. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
20. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
23. Being one hundred more than three hundred.
24. A city in Veneto.
27. A young woman making her debut into society.
28. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
29. A spar rising aft from a mast to support the head of a quadrilateral fore-and-aft sail.
31. The sciences concerned with gathering and manipulating and storing and retrieving and classifying recorded information.
33. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
36. An archaic name for Easter or Passover.
40. A German art song of the 19th century for voice and piano.
42. Electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field.
43. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
45. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
46. The cry made by sheep.
47. A tight-fitting headdress.
49. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
50. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
51. A small cake leavened with yeast.
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1. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
2. (informal) Exceptionally good.
3. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
4. The compass point that is one point north of due east.
5. The capital and chief port of Qatar.
6. Speaking a Slavic language.
7. The dialect of Ancient Greek spoken in Thessaly and Boeotia and Aeolis.
8. A rapid bustling commotion.
9. Offering fun and gaiety.
10. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
18. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
19. A public promotion of some product or service.
21. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
22. Having three dimensions.
25. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
26. A sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow).
30. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
32. Type genus of the Phocidae.
33. An authoritative direction or instruction to do something.
34. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
35. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
37. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
38. A fraudulent business scheme.
39. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
40. A room equipped with toilet facilities.
41. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
42. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
44. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
48. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
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