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1. In bed.
5. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
7. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
11. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
12. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
13. God of death.
14. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
16. Earnest or urgent request.
17. A rapid escape (as by criminals).
18. Tag the base runner to get him out.
20. Narrow wood or metal or plastic runners used for gliding over snow.
24. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
28. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
30. A member of an agricultural people of southern India.
34. 1,000,000,000 periods per second.
36. King of Saudi Arabia since 1982 (born in 1922).
38. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
44. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
45. Offering fun and gaiety.
46. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
47. A loud harsh or strident noise.
48. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
49. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
50. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
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1. Norwegian mathematician (1802-1829).
2. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
3. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
4. A Mid-Atlantic state.
5. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
6. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
7. The basic unit of electric current adopted under the System International d'Unites.
8. Conqueror of Gaul and master of Italy (100-44 BC).
9. A republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
10. Surrealist Spanish painter (1904-1989).
15. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
19. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
21. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
22. A small cake leavened with yeast.
23. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
25. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
26. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
27. An angular shape characterized by sharp turns in alternating directions.
29. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
31. The district occupied entirely by the city of Washington.
32. A seat for one person, with a support for the back.
33. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
35. Of or relating to or characteristic of the Republic of Chad or its people or language.
36. A barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea.
37. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
39. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
40. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
41. A close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities.
42. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
43. Being one hundred more than two hundred.
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