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1. A river that rises in northeastern Turkey (near the source of the Euphrates) and flows generally eastward through Armenia to the Caspian Sea.
5. Large northern deer with enormous flattened antlers in the male.
8. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
11. Small short-eared burrowing mammal of rocky uplands of Asia and western North America.
12. Towards the side away from the wind.
13. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
14. A thrusting blow with a knife.
15. A light touch or stroke.
16. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
17. A member of a Turkic people of Uzbekistan and neighboring areas.
19. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
21. A public promotion of some product or service.
22. By bad luck.
24. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
26. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
28. The district occupied entirely by the city of Washington.
29. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
32. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
34. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
36. Goddess of fertility.
43. A hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland that stimulates the adrenal cortex.
45. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
46. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
48. Goddess of fate.
49. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
50. Slanting diagonally across the grain of a fabric.
51. The cry made by sheep.
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1. (Akkadian) Father of the gods and consort of Tiamat.
2. Swiss hotelier who created a chain of elegant hotels (1850-1918).
3. Jordan's port.
4. American dwarf fan palms.
5. Late time of life.
6. (archaic or Scottish) Faithful and true.
7. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
8. (informal) Of the highest quality.
9. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
10. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
18. A family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southeastern Asia.
20. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
23. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
25. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
27. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
30. Informal terms for a mother.
31. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
33. A vigorous blow.
35. God of justice.
37. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
38. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
39. South African term for `boss'.
40. Material used to daub walls.
41. A city in northern India.
42. A quantity of no importance.
44. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
45. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
47. A soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element.
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