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1. Acute delirium caused by alcohol poisoning.
4. Powerful mackerel shark of the Atlantic and Pacific.
8. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
11. Mythical bird of prey having enormous size and strength.
12. (cosmology) The original matter that (according to the big bang theory) existed before the formation of the chemical elements.
13. A reproach for some lapse or misdeed.
14. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
15. A French abbot.
16. Minor or subordinate.
17. A small cake leavened with yeast.
19. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
21. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
22. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
23. An alloy of copper and zinc (and sometimes arsenic) used to imitate gold in cheap jewelry and for gilding.
26. (informal) Of the highest quality.
27. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
30. Type genus of the Pipridae containing the typical manakins.
34. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
35. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
36. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
37. The second largest city in Tunisia.
42. An enclosed space.
46. The 21st letter of the Greek alphabet.
47. (Old Testament) Adam's wife in Judeo-Christian mythology.
48. A collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn.
49. A doctor's degree in education.
50. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
51. Lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise.
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1. 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.
2. Employing variations in pitch to distinguish meanings of otherwise similar words.
3. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
4. Type genus of the family Myacidae.
5. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
6. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
7. The ending of a series or sequence.
8. Someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential).
9. Common Indian weaverbird.
10. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
18. A drug (trade names Atarax and Vistaril) used as a tranquilizer to treat anxiety and motion sickness.
20. Jordan's port.
24. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
25. A state in New England.
28. A hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red blood cells their characteristic color.
29. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
31. Free from disturbance.
32. (South African) A camp defended by a circular formation of wagons.
33. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
38. King of Saudi Arabia since 1982 (born in 1922).
39. Rock that in its molten form (as magma) issues from volcanos.
40. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
41. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
43. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
44. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
45. The month following February and preceding April.
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