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1. Not divisible by two.
4. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
8. A chronic drinker.
11. Chiefly perennial grasses of cool temperate regions.
12. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
13. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
14. An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel.
16. A popular vacation spot in the Canadian Rockies.
18. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
20. A spar rising aft from a mast to support the head of a quadrilateral fore-and-aft sail.
21. A state in midwestern United States.
23. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
24. The compass point that is one point north of due west.
31. Capital and largest city of Iraq.
33. A public promotion of some product or service.
34. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
39. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
42. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
44. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
45. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
48. The 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet.
49. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
50. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
51. The last (12th) month of the year.
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1. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
2. Amino acid that is formed in the liver and converted into dopamine in the brain.
3. Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods.
4. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
5. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
6. That is to say.
7. A light touch or stroke.
8. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
9. German musician who developed a system for teaching music to children (1895-1982).
10. An African grass economically important as a cereal grass (yielding white flower of good quality) as well as for forage and hay.
15. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
17. God of fire.
19. Stout-bodied insect with large membranous wings.
22. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
25. An accountant certified by the state.
26. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
27. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
28. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
29. (Irish) The sea personified.
30. A radioactive transuranic element.
32. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
33. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
35. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
36. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
37. A dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain.
38. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
40. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
41. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
43. A digital display that uses liquid crystal cells that change reflectivity in an applied electric field.
46. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
47. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
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