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1. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
5. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
8. A decree that prohibits something.
11. Among the largest bony fish.
12. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
13. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
14. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
15. (computer science) The smallest discrete component of an image or picture on a CRT screen (usually a colored dot).
16. (Scotland) A small loaf or roll of soft bread.
17. A colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube.
18. A tight-fitting headdress.
20. (Zoroastrianism) Title for benevolent deities.
22. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
24. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
27. (plate tectonic theory) A hypothetical continent including all the landmass of the earth prior to the Triassic period when it split into Laurasia and Gondwanaland.
31. The act of scanning.
34. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
35. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
36. A nonmetallic largely pentavalent heavy volatile corrosive dark brown liquid element belonging to the halogens.
37. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
38. An associate degree in nursing.
40. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
44. A small cake leavened with yeast.
49. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
51. A unit of pressure.
52. An informal term for a father.
53. An informal term for a father.
54. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
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1. A primeval personification of air and breath.
2. A specific instance of feeling hopeful.
3. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
4. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
5. An inhabitant of Lappland.
6. How long something has existed.
7. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
8. Used as a Hindi courtesy title.
9. The sixth month of the civil year.
10. Type genus of the Nepidae.
19. (informal) Of the highest quality.
21. The largest of the four main islands of Japan.
23. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
25. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
26. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
28. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
29. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
30. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
32. A quantity of no importance.
33. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
39. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
40. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
41. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
42. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
43. Fallow deer.
45. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
46. An accountant certified by the state.
47. An unabridged dictionary constructed on historical principles.
48. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
49. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
50. A state in north central United States.
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