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1. A barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea.
4. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
7. Concerning those not members of the clergy.
11. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
12. A light touch or stroke.
13. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
14. Lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing wholly or in part.
15. Of or belonging to an aecium.
16. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
17. Any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes.
19. (informal) Being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition.
21. (computer science) A kind of computer architecture that has a large number of instructions hard coded into the cpu chip.
23. Evergreen trees and shrubs having oily one-seeded fruits.
26. A federal agency that supervises carriers that transport goods and people between states.
30. In the Arabian Nights a hero who tells of the fantastic adventures he had in his voyages.
32. Jordan's port.
34. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
35. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
36. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
39. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
44. The sixth month of the civil year.
46. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
48. A member of an American Indian people of Yucatan and Belize and Guatemala who once had a culture characterized by outstanding architecture and pottery and astronomy.
49. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
51. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
52. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
53. The face of a timepiece.
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1. An informal term for a father.
2. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
3. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
4. A public promotion of some product or service.
5. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
6. Of or relating to abasia (inability to walk).
7. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
8. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
9. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
10. A metal cleat on the bottom front of a horseshoe to prevent slipping.
18. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
20. A small cake leavened with yeast.
22. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
24. Being one more than fifty.
25. Half the width of an em.
27. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
28. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
29. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
31. (informal) Of the highest quality.
33. Unknown god.
37. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
38. Common Indian weaverbird.
40. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
41. Norwegian mathematician (1802-1829).
42. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
43. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
45. The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on.
47. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
50. A doctor's degree in religion.
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