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1. An Indian unit of length having different values in different localities.
4. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
8. (informal) Uncomplimentary terms for a policeman.
11. (informal) Of the highest quality.
12. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
13. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
14. The act of scanning.
16. Characteristic of a mob.
17. An honorary degree in science.
18. A soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent and univalent) metallic element.
19. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
21. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
23. A public promotion of some product or service.
24. United States writer remembered for his stories (1783-1859).
26. Avatar of Vishnu.
28. Freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort.
30. Made agreeably cold (especially by ice).
33. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
34. United States space station.
38. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
42. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
43. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
45. The habitation of wild animals.
47. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
49. A state in midwestern United States.
50. City in southwestern Colombia in a rich agricultural area.
51. Radioactive iodine test that measures the amount of radioactive iodine taken up by the thyroid gland.
52. Being one hundred more than three hundred.
53. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
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1. A river of southwestern Africa that rises in central Angola and flows east and then north (forming part of the border between Angola and Congo) and continuing northwest through Congo to empty into the Congo River on the border between Congo and Republic of the Congo.
2. Come to pass.
3. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
4. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
5. The occurrence of a change for the worse.
6. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
7. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
8. System of measurement based on centimeters and grams and seconds.
9. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
10. A genus of Ploceidae.
15. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
20. A bachelor's degree in naval science.
22. (informal) Exceptionally good.
25. Tawny brown North American thrush noted for its song.
27. An association of people to promote the welfare of senior citizens.
29. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
31. A bluish-white lustrous metallic element.
32. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
35. God of love and erotic desire.
36. A Loloish language.
37. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
39. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
40. A river that rises in western New Mexico and flows westward through southern Arizona to become a tributary of the Colorado River.
41. Baby bed with high sides.
44. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
45. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
46. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
47. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
48. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
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