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1. A barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea.
4. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
8. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
11. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
12. A quantity of no importance.
13. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
14. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
15. Not fake or counterfeit.
16. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
17. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
19. Strike with disgust or revulsion.
21. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
23. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
25. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
30. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
32. Foul with waste matter.
35. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
36. A bachelor's degree in architecture.
39. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
43. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
44. (informal) Of the highest quality.
47. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
48. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
50. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
51. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
52. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
53. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
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1. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
2. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
3. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
4. Used of a single unit or thing.
5. One who works hard at boring tasks.
6. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
7. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
8. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
9. The capital of Western Samoa.
10. An open sore on the back of a horse caused by ill-fitting or badly adjusted saddle.
18. (informal) Roused to anger.
20. The cardinal number that is the sum of four and one.
22. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
24. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
26. A master's degree in fine arts.
27. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
28. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
29. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
31. A licensed medical practitioner.
33. A member of a seafaring group of North American Indians who lived on the Pacific coast of British Columbia and southwestern Alaska.
34. A machine-readable version of a standard dictionary.
37. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
38. The (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb.
40. The lower house of the parliament of the Republic of Ireland.
41. An informal term for a father.
42. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
45. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
46. A doctor's degree in education.
49. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
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