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1. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
5. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
8. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
11. A member of a pastoral people living in the Nilgiri hills of southern India.
12. How long something has existed.
13. A human limb.
14. (informal) Being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition.
15. 4-wheeled motor vehicle.
16. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
17. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
20. Syncopated music in duple time for dancing the rumba.
22. A genus of Ploceidae.
25. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
26. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
27. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
34. A large fleet.
37. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
38. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
39. A doctor's degree in dental medicine.
42. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
43. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
45. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
46. A graphical recording of the cardiac cycle produced by an electrocardiograph.
47. The basic monetary unit of most members of the European Union (introduced in 1999).
48. Tag the base runner to get him out.
49. Narrow wood or metal or plastic runners used for gliding over snow.
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1. (physics and chemistry) The smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element.
2. A member of a North American Indian people speaking one of the Hokan language.
3. The sixth month of the civil year.
4. French soldier said to be fearless and chivalrous (1473-1524).
5. A Portuguese province on the south coast of China and two islands in the South China Sea.
6. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
7. An emotional response that has been acquired by conditioning.
8. Any wingless blood-sucking parasitic insect noted for ability to leap.
9. Lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing wholly or in part.
10. A city in northern India.
18. A person who is being chased.
19. God of death.
21. The cry made by sheep.
23. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
24. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
28. A port city in southwestern Iran.
29. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
30. An informal term for a father.
31. Wasting of the body during a chronic disease.
32. Having the wind against the forward side of the sails.
33. Any of a group of heavenly spirits under the god Anu.
35. A demon who swallows the sun causing eclipses.
36. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
40. A master's degree in business.
41. A light touch or stroke.
44. A blow that renders the opponent unconscious.
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