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1. Wet spongy ground of decomposing vegetation.
4. An enclosed space.
7. A system of one or more computers and associated software with common storage.
11. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
12. Gone by.
13. The main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants.
14. A beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water.
15. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
16. A three-tone Chadic language.
17. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
19. A drug (trade names Atarax and Vistaril) used as a tranquilizer to treat anxiety and motion sickness.
23. A metal-bearing mineral valuable enough to be mined.
24. Made of fir or pine.
26. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
28. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
29. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
30. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
31. God of wealth and love.
35. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
38. 100 kopecks equal 1 ruble.
41. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
42. A United Nations agency to promote trade by increasing the exchange stability of the major currencies.
45. A small cake leavened with yeast.
46. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
47. An informal term for a father.
49. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
50. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
51. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
52. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
53. A soft silvery metallic element of the rare earth group.
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1. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
2. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
3. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
4. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
5. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
6. The closing section of a musical composition.
7. The table in Christian churches where communion is given.
8. United States industrialist who manufactured plows suitable for working the prairie soil (1804-1886).
9. (obstetrics) The number of live-born children a woman has delivered.
10. The second largest city in Tunisia.
18. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
20. An alloy of copper and zinc (and sometimes arsenic) used to imitate gold in cheap jewelry and for gilding.
21. Extremely pleasing.
22. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
25. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
27. A flexible container with a single opening.
32. A member of a seafaring group of North American Indians who lived on the Pacific coast of British Columbia and southwestern Alaska.
33. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
34. Jordan's port.
36. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
37. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
39. A Russian river.
40. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
41. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
43. The month following February and preceding April.
44. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
48. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
49. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
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