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1. (British slang) Cafe.
5. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
7. A French abbot.
11. Evergreen trees and shrubs having oily one-seeded fruits.
12. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
13. A barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports.
14. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
15. Being ten more than one hundred forty.
16. A landlocked republic in northwestern Africa.
17. A state in midwestern United States.
18. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
20. Any of numerous ornamental shrubs grown for their showy flowers of various colors.
23. 10 grams.
25. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
26. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
30. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
32. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
34. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
37. The highest part (usually the melody) in a piece of choral music.
41. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
44. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
45. The arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek.
46. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
47. A Hindu prince or king in India.
49. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
50. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
51. The twelfth month of the civil year.
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1. Someone who cooks food.
2. A large mountain system in south-central Europe.
3. A fixed charge for a privilege or for professional services.
4. Having a face or facing especially of a specified kind or number.
5. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
6. A deep bow.
7. A large fleet.
8. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
9. A digestive juice secreted by the liver and stored in the gallbladder.
10. English essayist (1775-1834).
19. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
21. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
22. Marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly experience.
24. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
27. Used of the language of the deaf.
28. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
29. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
31. Electronic warfare undertaken to insure effective friendly use of the electromagnetic spectrum in spite of the enemy's use of electronic warfare.
33. Measuring instrument in which the echo of a pulse of microwave radiation is used to detect and locate distant objects.
35. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
36. An island in Indonesia east of Java.
37. (informal) Of the highest quality.
38. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
39. Large (to 3 feet) blackish yellow-banded South American lizard.
40. Using speech rather than writing.
42. A light touch or stroke.
43. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
48. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
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