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1. A French abbot.
5. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
7. Informal terms for money.
11. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
12. A state in midwestern United States.
13. The eighth month of the civil year.
14. Long-bodied long-tailed tropical American wildcat.
16. Tag the base runner to get him out.
17. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
19. A toxic nonmetallic element related to sulfur and tellurium.
21. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
23. Any tree or shrub of the genus Inga having pinnate leaves and showy usually white flowers.
26. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
27. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
30. Green algae common in freshwater lakes of limestone districts.
33. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
35. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
36. An associate degree in nursing.
38. The residue that remains when something is burned.
42. A small cake leavened with yeast.
46. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
48. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
49. An informal term for a father.
50. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
51. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
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1. A primeval personification of air and breath.
2. Common Indian weaverbird.
3. An aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect.
4. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
5. Remove offensive capability from.
6. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
7. Deciduous South African tree having large odd-pinnate leaves and profuse fragrant orange-yellow flowers.
8. A port in southwestern Scotland.
9. A mountainous landlocked communist state in southeastern Asia.
10. Bulky grayish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail.
15. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
18. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
20. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
22. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
24. A state in New England.
25. United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters.
28. A public promotion of some product or service.
29. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
31. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
32. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
34. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
37. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
38. Someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential).
39. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
40. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
41. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
43. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
44. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
45. A piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep.
46. A mouth or mouthlike opening.
47. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
48. A human limb.
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