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1. The compass point that is one point east of due south.
4. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
8. A doctor's degree in dental surgery.
11. Airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc..
12. An informal term for a father.
13. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
14. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
15. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
16. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
17. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
20. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
22. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
23. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
26. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
28. A bet that you can pick the first and second finishers in the right order.
29. The bags of letters and packages that are transported by the postal service.
32. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
34. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
35. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
38. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
39. A heavy brittle metallic element of the platinum group.
40. Any of various units of capacity.
42. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
46. A small cake leavened with yeast.
48. A legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body.
51. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
52. Any of various coarse shrubby plants of the genus Iva with small greenish flowers.
54. A run that is the result of the batter's performance.
55. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
56. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
57. Failing to detonate.
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1. Singing jazz.
2. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
3. Half the width of an em.
4. A rapid bustling commotion.
5. An accidental happening.
6. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
7. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
8. A doctor's degree in dental medicine.
9. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
10. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
18. Having the wind against the forward side of the sails.
19. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
21. A large fleet.
24. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.
25. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
27. An associate degree in applied science.
30. Being nine more than ninety.
31. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
33. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
36. An anti-TNF compound (trade name Arava) that is given orally.
37. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
41. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
42. A Mid-Atlantic state.
43. Soft white semisolid fat obtained by rendering the fatty tissue of the hog v 1.
44. An important seaport on the Island of Cebu in the Philippines.
45. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
47. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
49. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
50. A bachelor's degree in theology.
53. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
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