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1. (Babylonian) The sky god.
4. Either of two folds of skin that can be moved to cover or open the eye.
7. Large genus of tropical subshrubs or herbs some of which yield fibers of mucilaginous substances.
11. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
12. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
13. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
14. The sign language used in the United States.
15. An informal term for a father.
16. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
17. Common Indian weaverbird.
19. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
21. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
22. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
25. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
26. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
28. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
32. In bed.
36. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
39. A heavy brittle metallic element of the platinum group.
43. A small cake leavened with yeast.
45. (chemistry) P(otential of) H(ydrogen).
46. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
48. Any of various coarse shrubby plants of the genus Iva with small greenish flowers.
51. Not in good physical or mental health.
52. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
53. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
54. Flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes.
55. A bachelor's degree in religion.
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1. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
2. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for aviation and spaceflight.
3. Displeasing to the senses and morally revolting.
4. A boy or man.
5. One of the most common of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
6. An informal term for a father.
7. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
8. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
9. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
10. An Asian river between China and Russia.
18. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
20. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
23. (informal) Of the highest quality.
24. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
27. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
29. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
30. A bachelor's degree in science.
31. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
33. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
34. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
35. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
37. An anti-TNF compound (trade name Arava) that is given orally.
38. United States biochemist (born in Spain) who studied the biological synthesis of nucleic acids (born in 1905).
40. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
41. (usually followed by `to') Having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something.
42. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
44. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
47. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
48. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
49. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
50. A soft gray ductile metallic element used in alloys.
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