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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. North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean.
8. A single-reed woodwind with a conical bore.
11. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
12. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
13. A user interface in which you type commands instead of choosing them from a menu or selecting an icon.
14. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
15. Used of a single unit or thing.
16. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
17. A state in northwestern North America.
18. A bachelor's degree in science.
20. A port city in southwestern Iran.
23. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
24. Jordan's port.
26. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
30. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
31. A hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound when struck.
34. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
37. The virus that causes acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS).
39. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
41. Any location known for vice and corruption.
45. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
47. An independent group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic languages.
49. A Gaelic-speaking Celt in Ireland or Scotland or the Isle of Man.
50. A primeval personification of air and breath.
51. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
52. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
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1. The capital of Western Samoa.
2. One who works hard at boring tasks.
3. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
4. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
5. Fiddler crabs.
6. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
7. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
8. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
9. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
10. A city of central China.
19. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
21. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
22. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
25. Unknown god.
27. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
28. A hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red blood cells their characteristic color.
29. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
32. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
33. A Loloish language.
35. Lower in esteem.
36. Large ornamental tropical American tree with bipinnate leaves and globose clusters of flowers with crimson stamens and sweet-pulp seed pods eaten by cattle.
38. A Russian river.
40. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
41. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
42. The face of a timepiece.
43. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
44. The arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek.
46. The bill in a restaurant.
48. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
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