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1. The month following September and preceding November.
4. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
8. An insecticide that is also toxic to animals and humans.
11. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
12. An informal term for a father.
13. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
14. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
16. (slang) A gangster's pistol.
17. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
18. A summary that repeats the substance of a longer discussion.
20. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
22. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
23. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
24. A hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red blood cells their characteristic color.
26. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
28. On a ship, train, plane or other vehicle.
32. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
36. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
37. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
38. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
40. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
46. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
48. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
50. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
51. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
52. Type genus of the family Myacidae.
53. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
54. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
55. An associate degree in applied science.
56. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
57. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
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1. Any property detected by the olfactory system.
2. A strip of land projecting into a body of water.
3. A case or sheath especially a pollen sac or moss capsule.
4. A public promotion of some product or service.
5. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
6. A port city in southwestern Turkey on the Gulf of Antalya.
7. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
8. Small cubes with 1 to 6 spots on the faces.
9. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
10. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
15. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
19. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
21. The imperial dynasty of China from 1122 to 221 BC.
25. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
27. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
29. A small cake leavened with yeast.
30. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
31. A doctor's degree in religion.
33. A Russian river.
34. The cry made by sheep.
35. A bachelor's degree in religion.
39. Common Indian weaverbird.
41. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
42. A quantity of no importance.
43. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
44. A unit of apothecary weight equal to an eighth of an ounce or to 60 grains.
45. Having nine hinged bands of bony plates.
47. The network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal function.
49. United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters.
50. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
51. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
52. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
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