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1. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
4. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
8. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
11. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
12. (Polynesian) An alcoholic drink made from the aromatic roots of the kava shrub.
13. Automatic data processing by electronic means without the use of tabulating cards or punched tapes.
14. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
16. Port city in the United Arab Emirates on the Persian Gulf.
18. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
19. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
22. God of love and erotic desire.
23. A holy war by Muslims against unbelievers.
25. Fallow deer.
28. The basic unit of electric current adopted under the System International d'Unites.
29. Being one hundred more than three hundred.
30. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
34. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
38. A small cake leavened with yeast.
43. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
44. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
47. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
48. Tastelessness by virtue of being cheap and vulgar.
49. A member of an American Indian people of Yucatan and Belize and Guatemala who once had a culture characterized by outstanding architecture and pottery and astronomy.
50. An associate degree in applied science.
51. The residue that remains when something is burned.
52. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
53. An inflammatory disease of connective tissue with variable features including fever and weakness and fatigability and joint pains and skin lesions on the face or neck or arms.
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1. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
2. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
3. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
4. Sports equipment that is worn on the feet to enable the wearer to glide along on wheels and to be propelled by the alternate actions of the legs.
5. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
6. The eleventh month of the civil year.
7. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
8. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
9. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
10. The capital of Western Samoa.
15. Type genus of the Majidae.
17. A monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles.
20. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
21. Avatar of Vishnu.
24. A person forced to flee from home or country.
26. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
27. Informal terms for a mother.
31. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
32. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
33. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
35. A wall hanging of heavy handwoven fabric with pictorial designs.
36. Obvious and dull.
37. Lower in esteem.
39. Type genus of the Anatidae.
40. A vessel in which something is immersed to maintain it at a constant temperature or to process or lubricate it.
41. Indicating the most important performer or role.
42. Common Indian weaverbird.
43. A public promotion of some product or service.
45. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
46. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
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