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1. Type genus of the Apidae.
5. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
8. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
11. (obstetrics) The number of live-born children a woman has delivered.
12. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
13. A conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures.
14. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
15. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
16. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.
17. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
18. Any seed plant yielding balsam.
21. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
23. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
25. Long-legged spotted cat of Africa and southwestern Asia having nonretractile claws.
28. King of Saudi Arabia since 1982 (born in 1922).
29. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
30. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
33. A Loloish language.
36. A doctor's degree in religion.
38. (meaning literally `born') Used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman.
40. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
43. Put a new facing on, as of a garment.
45. A small cake leavened with yeast.
47. A river that rises in northeastern Turkey (near the source of the Euphrates) and flows generally eastward through Armenia to the Caspian Sea.
48. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
49. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
50. A member of the Pueblo people living in northern New Mexico.
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1. A domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church.
2. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
3. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
4. A midnight meeting of witches to practice witchcraft and sorcery.
5. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
6. By bad luck.
7. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
8. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
9. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
10. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
19. A port city in southwestern Iran.
20. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
22. Lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing wholly or in part.
24. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
26. An expression of greeting.
27. The lean flesh of a fish similar to cod.
31. A sweet innocent baby.
32. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
34. Tropical American tree producing cacao beans.
35. Suitable for formal occasions.
37. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
38. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
39. God of death.
41. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
42. A decree that prohibits something.
44. Having much flesh (especially fat).
46. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
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