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1. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
4. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
8. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
11. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
12. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
13. Noisy talk.
14. A colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube.
16. A young woman making her debut into society.
17. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
18. A river in central Europe that arises in northwestern Czechoslovakia and flows northward through Germany to empty into the North Sea.
19. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
21. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
24. A bachelor's degree in theology.
25. A bottle with a stopper.
30. A large fleet.
33. A graphical record of electric currents associated with muscle contractions.
36. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
37. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
39. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
40. Ancient Hebrew unit of liquid measure = 1.5 gallons.
43. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
45. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.
46. Used of a single unit or thing.
47. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
48. Any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse.
49. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
50. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
51. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
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1. A stick that people can lean on to help them walk.
2. Norwegian mathematician (1802-1829).
3. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
4. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
5. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
6. How long something has existed.
7. A small cake leavened with yeast.
8. The eighth month of the civil year.
9. Herb of the Pacific islands grown throughout the tropics for its edible root and in temperate areas as an ornamental for its large glossy leaves.
10. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
15. A long projecting or anterior elongation of an animal's head.
20. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring in the air.
22. Wearing or provided with clothing.
23. 1,000,000,000 periods per second.
26. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
27. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
28. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
29. As hot as if in an oven.
31. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
32. French painter whose work influenced the impressionists (1832-1883).
34. A woman of refinement.
35. Fleshy spore-bearing inner mass of e.g. a puffball or stinkhorn.
38. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
41. The cry made by sheep.
42. A beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water.
43. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
44. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
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