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1. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
4. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
8. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
11. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
12. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
13. A coenzyme derived from the B vitamin nicotinic acid.
14. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
16. Type genus of the Alaudidae.
18. A holy war by Muslims against unbelievers.
19. An informal term for a father.
20. Before noon.
22. Being or moving higher in position or greater in some value.
23. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
26. Extremely pleasing.
28. A mature blood cell that contains hemoglobin to carry oxygen to the bodily tissues.
29. (informal) Exceptionally good.
31. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
33. A member of an agricultural people of southern India.
37. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
39. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
40. 100 kopecks equal 1 ruble.
43. The airforce of Great Britain.
45. An accountant certified by the state.
48. A small cake leavened with yeast.
49. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
50. 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.
52. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
53. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
54. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
55. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
56. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
2. A French abbot.
3. A metric unit of weight equal to one thousandth of a kilogram.
4. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
5. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
6. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
7. A chain of more than 200 islands about 400 miles long in the western central Pacific Ocean.
8. (Babylonian) The sky god.
9. An informal term for a father.
10. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
15. 10 grams.
17. An ester of adenosine that is converted to ATP for energy storage.
21. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
24. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
25. A light touch or stroke.
27. A flexible container with a single opening.
30. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
32. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
34. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
35. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
36. Jordan's port.
38. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
41. A Russian river.
42. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
44. At a great distance in time or space or degree.
46. A close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities.
47. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
51. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
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