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1. A light touch or stroke.
4. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
8. An accountant certified by the state.
11. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
12. A platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it.
13. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
14. Lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing wholly or in part.
16. Any plant of the genus Erica.
17. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
18. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
20. 4-wheeled motor vehicle.
21. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
25. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
28. A city in northeastern Ohio.
32. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
33. A landlocked republic in eastern Africa.
35. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
43. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
45. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
46. Japanese ornamental tree with fragrant white or pink blossoms and small yellow fruits.
48. Having leadership guidance.
49. A master's degree in education.
50. Using speech rather than writing.
51. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
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1. An informal term for a father.
2. (Greek mythology) Greek god of war.
3. The cry made by sheep.
4. A public promotion of some product or service.
5. Relating to the deepest parts of the ocean (below 6000 meters).
6. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
7. A fatal disease of cattle that affects the central nervous system.
8. Elegant and stylish.
9. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
10. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
15. A tax on employees and employers that is used to fund the Social Security system.
19. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
22. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
23. A flexible container with a single opening.
24. Jordan's port.
26. Being nine more than ninety.
27. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
29. A radioactive gaseous element formed by the disintegration of radium.
30. A doctor's degree in optometry.
31. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
34. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
36. On or toward the lee.
37. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
38. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
39. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
40. Surrealist Spanish painter (1904-1989).
41. In bed.
42. A quantity of no importance.
44. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
47. A polyvalent metallic element that resembles chromium and tungsten in its properties.
48. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
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