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1. (music) The pace of music measured by the number of beats occurring in 60 seconds.
4. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
8. A female person who has the same parents as another person.
11. An awkward stupid person.
12. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
13. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
14. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
16. The executive agency that advises the President on the federal budget.
17. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
18. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
19. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
21. A city in northeastern Ohio.
25. (Scotland) A small loaf or roll of soft bread.
27. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
29. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
33. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
36. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
37. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
38. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
40. Jordan's port.
44. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
49. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
50. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
51. Not widely known.
54. An interest followed with exaggerated zeal.
55. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
56. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
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1. Greenish-yellow pear.
2. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
3. A master's degree in fine arts.
4. A public promotion of some product or service.
5. 10 hao equal 1 dong.
6. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
7. A small cake leavened with yeast.
8. Indicating the most important performer or role.
9. The villain in William Shakespeare's tragedy who tricked Othello into murdering his wife.
10. A city of central China.
15. A potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry.
20. Jordan's port.
22. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
23. A body of poetry that conveys the traditions of a society by treating some epic theme.
24. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
26. Before noon.
28. Tag the base runner to get him out.
30. An informal term for a father.
31. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
32. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
34. A graphical recording of the cardiac cycle produced by an electrocardiograph.
35. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
39. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
40. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
41. A unit of information equal to 1024 bytes.
42. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
43. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
45. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
46. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
47. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
48. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
49. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
52. The square of a body of any size of type.
53. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
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