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1. A French abbot.
5. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
8. (Irish) The sea personified.
11. The mother of your father or mother.
12. (in golf) The standard number of strokes set for each hole on a golf course, or for the entire course.
13. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
14. Precipitation of ice pellets when there are strong rising air currents.
15. A doctor's degree in education.
16. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
17. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
19. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
21. Informal terms for a mother.
24. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
25. A young woman making her debut into society.
27. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
29. A small cake leavened with yeast.
31. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
34. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
35. British dominion over India (1757-1947).
38. The sign language used in the United States.
41. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
44. Being two more than sixty.
45. Upright consisting of a vertical side member of a door or window frame.
47. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
50. A unit of pressure.
51. In bed.
52. (informal) Roused to anger.
53. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
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1. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
2. (informal) Exceptionally good.
3. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
4. An inflammatory complication of leprosy that results in painful skin lesions on the arms and legs and face.
5. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
6. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
7. Acute lung injury characterized by coughing and rales.
8. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
9. Tropical American tree grown in southern United States having a whitish pink-tinged fruit.
10. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
18. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
20. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
22. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
23. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
26. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
28. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
30. Before noon.
32. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
33. Having two axes.
36. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
37. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
39. Wife of Ramachandra.
40. One of the jointed appendages of an animal used for locomotion or grasping.
42. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
43. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
46. A state in New England.
48. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
49. A public promotion of some product or service.
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