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1. A belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school.
4. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
8. A bachelor's degree in naval science.
11. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
12. A French abbot.
13. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
14. Concerning those not members of the clergy.
15. Area around the altar of a church for the clergy and choir.
16. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
17. (used of certain religious orders) Barefoot or wearing only sandals.
19. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
21. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances.
23. Do something that one considers to be below one's dignity.
26. The capital of Croatia.
29. The cry made by sheep.
32. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
33. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
36. Some point in the air.
39. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
41. Before noon.
42. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
43. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
45. A small cake leavened with yeast.
47. A device for creating a current of air by movement of a surface or surfaces.
49. (Norse mythology) Goddess of old age who defeated Thor in a wrestling match.
50. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
51. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
52. The right to take another's property if an obligation is not discharged.
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1. An Eskimo hut.
2. The act of scanning.
3. United States baseball player (born in 1931).
4. Large terrestrial monkeys having doglike muzzles.
5. In bed.
6. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
7. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
8. Divulge information or secrets.
9. Kamarupan languages spoken in northeastern India and western Burma.
10. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
18. Hormone produced early in pregnancy by the placenta.
20. Animal reproductive body consisting of an ovum or embryo together with nutritive and protective envelopes.
22. A male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917).
24. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
25. A state in midwestern United States.
27. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
28. The 17th letter of the Greek alphabet.
30. A native of ancient Troy.
31. A light touch or stroke.
34. A telegram sent abroad.
35. At full speed.
37. A republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
38. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
40. Norwegian mathematician (1802-1829).
41. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
44. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
45. A state in northwestern North America.
46. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
47. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
48. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
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