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1. Characteristic of a mob.
4. A state of southwestern India.
7. An informal term for a father.
11. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
12. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
13. Wearing or provided with clothing.
14. Having leadership guidance.
15. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
17. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
18. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
20. A heavy brittle diamagnetic trivalent metallic element (resembles arsenic and antimony chemically).
21. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
22. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
24. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
26. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
30. (Irish) Chief god of the Tuatha De Danann.
34. (informal) Of the highest quality.
35. The cry made by sheep.
37. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
38. Jordan's port.
40. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
41. 16 ounces.
43. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
46. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
52. Type genus of the family Myacidae.
53. How long something has existed.
54. A collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn.
55. An associate degree in applied science.
56. A decree that prohibits something.
57. Lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise.
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1. A master's degree in library science.
2. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
3. English monk and scholar (672-735).
4. United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters.
5. A lyric poem with complex stanza forms.
6. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
7. The district occupied entirely by the city of Washington.
8. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
9. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
10. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
16. Scottish sea captain who was hired to protect British shipping in the Indian Ocean and then was accused of piracy and hanged (1645-1701).
19. (Scotland) A small loaf or roll of soft bread.
23. A small cake leavened with yeast.
25. Serving as or forming a base.
27. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
28. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
29. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
31. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
32. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
33. A public promotion of some product or service.
36. A city in western Germany near the Dutch and Belgian borders.
39. A unit of information equal to 1024 bytes.
42. Common Indian weaverbird.
44. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
45. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
47. The network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal function.
48. A light touch or stroke.
49. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
50. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
51. At a great distance in time or space or degree.
52. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
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