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1. A licensed medical practitioner.
4. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
8. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
11. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
12. (British) An open river valley (in a hilly area).
13. The upper side of the thighs of a seated person.
14. A small stream.
16. An informal term for a father.
17. Minor or subordinate.
18. An Indian nursemaid who looks after children.
19. Before noon.
21. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
22. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
25. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
27. Jordan's port.
30. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
33. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
34. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
36. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
37. A master's degree in education.
38. Jordan's port.
44. Port city that is the capital and largest city of Latvia.
47. Antibacterial drug (trade name Nydrazid) used to treat tuberculosis.
49. (Sumerian) Sun god.
50. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
51. A small cake leavened with yeast.
52. United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters.
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1. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
2. A member of a people in India living in Orissa and neighboring areas.
3. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
4. A public promotion of some product or service.
5. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
6. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
7. English monk and scholar (672-735).
8. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
9. Common Indian weaverbird.
10. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
15. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
20. A master's degree in business.
23. Australian shrubs and small trees with evergreen usually spiny leaves and dense clusters of showy flowers.
24. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
26. (informal) Exceptionally good.
28. A Bantu language spoken by the Kamba people in Kenya.
29. A partially opened flower.
31. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
32. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
35. Stout-bodied insect with large membranous wings.
39. The last imperial dynasty of China (from 1644 to 1912) which was overthrown by revolutionaries.
40. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
41. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
42. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
43. part of the peritoneum attached to the stomach and to the colon and covering the intestines.
45. A state of southwestern India.
46. General term for any insect or similar creeping or crawling invertebrate.
48. A unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns.
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