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1. French cabaret singer (1915-1963).
5. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
7. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
11. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
12. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
13. In bed.
14. (used especially of vegetation) Having lost all moisture.
15. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
16. Denuded of leaves.
17. A light touch or stroke.
19. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
21. An associate degree in nursing.
22. A river in northern England that flows southeast through West Yorkshire.
25. A heavy silvery toxic univalent and bivalent metallic element.
26. An informal term for a father.
27. Strike with disgust or revulsion.
31. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
33. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
34. A Mid-Atlantic state on the Atlantic.
36. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
37. An island in Indonesia south of Borneo.
44. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
46. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
47. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
49. Goddess of fate.
50. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
51. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
52. The cry made by sheep.
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1. An anxiety disorder associated with serious traumatic events and characterized by such symptoms as guilt about surviving or reliving the trauma in dreams or numbness and lack of involvement with reality or recurrent thoughts and images.
2. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
3. Jordan's port.
4. At a great distance in time or space or degree.
5. A young woman making her debut into society.
6. Used as a Hindi courtesy title.
7. A small cake leavened with yeast.
8. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
9. A three-tone Chadic language.
10. Chief port of Yemen.
18. Any of numerous low-growing cushion-forming plants of the genus Draba having rosette-forming leaves and terminal racemes of small flowers with scapose or leafy stems.
20. A master's degree in fine arts.
23. A medicinal drug used to evoke vomiting (especially in cases of drug overdose or poisoning).
24. A health resort near a spring or at the seaside.
28. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
29. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
30. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
32. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
35. A string of more than 3,000 islands east of Asia extending 1,300 miles between the Sea of Japan and the western Pacific Ocean.
38. Any of the Hindu sacred writing.
39. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
40. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
41. Material used to daub walls.
42. A city in northern India.
43. A quantity of no importance.
45. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
48. A unit of weight equivalent to 1000 kilograms.
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