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1. Explorer and United States naval officer.
5. The use of bacteria or viruses of toxins to destroy men and animals or food.
7. An independent group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic languages.
11. A sudden short attack.
12. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
13. In bed.
14. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
16. Avatar of Vishnu.
17. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
19. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
21. A state in the Rocky Mountains.
22. A flexible container with a single opening.
24. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
25. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
28. A pale rose-colored variety of the ruby spinel.
32. A fatal disease of cattle that affects the central nervous system.
35. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
37. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
39. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
42. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
45. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
47. (Irish) Chief god of the Tuatha De Danann.
50. Being two more than fifty.
53. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
54. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
55. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
56. God of love and erotic desire.
57. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
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1. (informal) Exceptionally good.
2. River in eastern Asia.
3. The basic unit of money in Iran.
4. A doctor's degree in religion.
5. Any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species.
6. A city in east central Texas.
7. 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.
8. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
9. (prefix) Half or partial.
10. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
15. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
18. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
20. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
23. A ductile silvery-white ductile ferromagnetic trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
26. A note appended to a letter after the signature.
27. The branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication.
29. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
30. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
31. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
33. Extremely pleasing.
34. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
36. A light touch or stroke.
38. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
40. A member of an Iroquoian people formerly living on the south shore of Lake Erie in northern Ohio and northwest Pennsylvania and western New York.
41. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
43. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
44. A small cake leavened with yeast.
46. The cry made by sheep.
47. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances.
48. Inquire about.
49. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
50. Destruction of heart tissue resulting from obstruction of the blood supply to the heart muscle.
51. A state in midwestern United States.
52. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
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