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1. A French abbot.
5. A person forced to flee from home or country.
7. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
11. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
12. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
13. In bed.
14. Flemish painter who was a founder of the Flemish school of painting and to have pioneered modern techniques of oil painting (1390-1441).
15. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
17. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
20. A unit of luminous flux equal to the amount of light given out through a solid angle of 1 steradian by a point source of 1 candela intensity radiating uniformly in all directions.
23. A descent down a nearly vertical surface by using a doubled rope that is coiled around the body and attached to some higher point.
26. Treated with contempt.
28. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
29. Informal terms for a mother.
31. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
32. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
33. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
34. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
37. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
39. A unit of electrical resistance equal to the resistance between two points on a conductor when a potential difference of one volt between them produces a current of one ampere.
41. A state in the eastern United States.
42. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
44. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
46. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
48. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
50. A heavy brittle metallic element of the platinum group.
51. A hardy cabbage with coarse curly leaves that do not form a head.
52. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
53. A public promotion of some product or service.
54. Look at with amorous intentions.
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1. Norwegian mathematician (1802-1829).
2. Common Indian weaverbird.
3. German organist and contrapuntist (1685-1750).
4. Large northern deer with enormous flattened antlers in the male.
5. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
6. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
7. A small cake leavened with yeast.
8. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
9. A Swiss patriot who lived in the early 14th century and who was renowned for his skill as an archer.
10. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
16. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
18. Flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes.
19. A board game in which players try to move their pieces into their opponent's bases.
21. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
22. A linear unit of measurement (equal to 6 feet) for water depth.
24. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
25. An enclosed space.
27. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
30. On a ship, train, plane or other vehicle.
35. A means of serving.
36. A telegram sent abroad.
38. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
40. Powerful mackerel shark of the Atlantic and Pacific.
41. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
43. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
45. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
46. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
47. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
49. A state in northwestern North America.
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