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1. Any of various units of capacity.
4. German organist and contrapuntist (1685-1750).
8. The compass point midway between south and southeast.
11. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
12. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
13. Devoid of warmth and cordiality.
14. Edible tuber of any of several yams.
15. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
16. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
17. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
19. A Bantu language spoken by the Kamba people in Kenya.
24. A French abbot.
26. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
30. Lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing wholly or in part.
31. A case or sheath especially a pollen sac or moss capsule.
33. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
35. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
36. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
40. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
44. Alsatian artist and poet who was cofounder of Dadaism in Zurich.
45. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
48. A light touch or stroke.
49. (informal) Of the highest quality.
50. A hardy cabbage with coarse curly leaves that do not form a head.
51. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
52. An enclosed space.
53. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
54. A potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry.
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1. Common Indian weaverbird.
2. (informal) Exceptionally good.
3. A rapid escape (as by criminals).
4. A small cake leavened with yeast.
5. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
6. The 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet.
7. One who works hard at boring tasks.
8. Country of southeastern Asia that extends southward along the isthmus of Kra to the Malay peninsula.
9. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
10. Long-bodied long-tailed tropical American wildcat.
18. Manufactured in standard sizes to be shipped and assembled elsewhere.
20. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
21. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
22. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
23. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
25. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
27. (of securities) Not quoted on a stock exchange.
28. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
29. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
32. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
34. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
35. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
37. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
38. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
39. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
40. An expression of greeting.
41. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
42. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
43. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
46. A local and habitual twitching especially in the face.
47. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
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