1. Scottish sea captain who was hired to protect British shipping in the Indian Ocean and then was accused of piracy and hanged (1645-1701).
5. A unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns.
7. Sleep in a convenient place.
11. A member of an Iroquoian people formerly living on the south shore of Lake Erie in northern Ohio and northwest Pennsylvania and western New York.
12. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
13. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
14. Pain that feels hot as if it were on fire.
15. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
17. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
18. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
20. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
22. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
25. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
27. A rounded thickly curled hairdo.
29. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
30. (informal) Of the highest quality.
32. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
33. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
36. An accountant certified by the state.
39. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
41. A radioactive transuranic element.
42. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
43. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
44. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
47. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
49. An anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions.
50. A barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea.
51. The probability of a specified outcome.
52. (Scotland) A small loaf or roll of soft bread.

1. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
2. A Dravidian language closely related to Tamil that is spoken in a hilly section of southwestern India.
3. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
4. The habitation of wild animals.
5. Offering fun and gaiety.
6. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
7. An uproarious party.
8. Affording unobstructed entrance and exit.
9. (used especially of vegetation) Having lost all moisture.
10. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
16. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
19. The cry made by sheep.
21. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
23. (computer science) A kind of computer architecture that has a large number of instructions hard coded into the cpu chip.
24. (used of count nouns) Every one considered individually.
26. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
28. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
31. Imperial moths.
34. Type genus of the Gavidae.
35. A unit of current equal to 10 amperes.
37. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
38. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
39. Half the width of an em.
40. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
41. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
45. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
46. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
47. A rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys.
48. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances.