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1. By bad luck.
5. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
8. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
11. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
12. How long something has existed.
13. The upper side of the thighs of a seated person.
14. An associate degree in nursing.
15. The cry made by sheep.
16. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.
17. The dialect of Malay used as the national language of the Republic of Indonesia or of Malaysia.
20. A metallic element of the rare earth group.
22. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
23. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
24. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
26. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
28. The executive agency that advises the President on the federal budget.
31. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
32. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
38. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
40. Genus of East Indian trees or shrubs.
42. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
46. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
47. (Judaism) Sacred chest where the ancient Hebrews kept the two tablets containing the Ten Commandments.
48. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
49. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
50. Seed of a pea plant.
51. Among the largest bony fish.
52. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
2. A Russian river.
3. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
4. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
5. A small cake leavened with yeast.
6. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
7. The event of dying or departure from life.
8. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
9. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
10. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
18. A lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood.
19. Wearing footgear.
21. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
25. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
27. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
29. A master's degree in fine arts.
30. A flexible container with a single opening.
33. A light touch or stroke.
34. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
35. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
36. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
37. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
39. The work of caring for or attending to someone or something.
41. The basic unit of money in Western Samoa.
43. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
44. Of or relating to a member of the Buddhist people inhabiting the Mekong river in Laos and Thailand.
45. United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters.
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