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1. One of several parallel sloping beams that support a roof.
5. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
7. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
11. On or toward the lee.
12. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
13. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
14. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
15. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
16. 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.
17. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
18. Lower in esteem.
21. A decree that prohibits something.
23. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
24. Not divisible by two.
25. The cry made by sheep.
28. 35th President of the United States.
29. The capital of Croatia.
30. The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on.
33. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
37. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
39. Type genus of the Gavidae.
41. A humorous anecdote or remark.
42. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
45. English chemist who was a pioneer in electrochemistry and who used it to isolate elements sodium and potassium and barium and boron and calcium and magnesium and chlorine (1778-1829).
46. A type of submachine gun that is designed and manufactured in Israel.
47. Airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc..
48. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
49. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
50. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
51. A unit of length equal to 1760 yards.
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1. A vigorous blow.
2. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
3. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
4. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
5. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
6. By bad luck.
7. A barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea.
8. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
9. Common Indian weaverbird.
10. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
19. A small cake leavened with yeast.
20. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
22. A public promotion of some product or service.
26. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
27. 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).
31. Affect with wonder.
32. Possessing or using or characteristic of or appropriate to supernatural powers.
33. God of the earth.
34. A genus of Indriidae.
35. Being in competition.
36. By chance.
38. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
40. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
43. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
44. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
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