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1. Characteristic of a mob.
4. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
7. King of Saudi Arabia since 1982 (born in 1922).
11. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
12. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
13. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
14. Having leadership guidance.
15. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
16. (informal) Roused to anger.
17. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
19. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
21. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
22. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
24. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
25. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
28. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
31. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
32. Used as a Hindi courtesy title.
34. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
35. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
40. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
43. A sheet or band of fibrous connective tissue separating or binding together muscles and organs etc.
45. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
46. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
49. Any of various small biting flies.
50. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
51. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
52. Being here now.
53. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
54. A long projecting or anterior elongation of an animal's head.
55. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
56. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
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1. A master's degree in library science.
2. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
3. English monk and scholar (672-735).
4. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
5. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
6. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
7. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
8. A large fleet.
9. Heal or recover.
10. An informal term for a father.
18. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
20. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
23. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
26. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
27. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
29. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
30. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
33. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
36. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
37. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
38. A crown-like jewelled headdress worn by women on formal occasions.
39. Mated sexually.
41. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
42. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
44. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
47. (informal) Of the highest quality.
48. A light touch or stroke.
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