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1. A bachelor's degree in naval science.
4. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
8. (usually followed by `to' or `for') On the point of or strongly disposed.
11. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
12. Radioactive iodine test that measures the amount of radioactive iodine taken up by the thyroid gland.
13. The United Nations agency concerned with the interests of labor.
14. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
15. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
16. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
17. A small cake leavened with yeast.
20. God of wealth and love.
22. German mystic and theosophist who founded modern theosophy.
25. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
26. (Scotland) A slope or hillside.
29. 100 thebe equal 1 pula.
33. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
36. An informal term for a father.
38. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
39. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
43. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
44. A light touch or stroke.
45. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
46. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
47. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
48. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
49. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
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1. Divulge information or secrets.
2. Kamarupan languages spoken in northeastern India and western Burma.
3. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
4. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
5. Formerly a term of respect for important white Europeans in colonial India.
6. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
7. The central part of a car wheel (or fan or propeller etc) through which the shaft or axle passes.
8. In the Arabian Nights a hero who tells of the fantastic adventures he had in his voyages.
9. A river in central Europe that arises in northwestern Czechoslovakia and flows northward through Germany to empty into the North Sea.
10. Having a toe or toes of a specified kind.
18. Common house and field crickets.
19. A city in northern India.
21. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
23. A state in northwestern United States on the Pacific.
24. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
27. A state in New England.
28. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
30. A member of a seafaring group of North American Indians who lived on the Pacific coast of British Columbia and southwestern Alaska.
31. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
32. A family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southeastern Asia.
34. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
35. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
37. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
40. (informal) Roused to anger.
41. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
42. A member of a Mayan people of southwestern Guatemala.
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