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1. (usually followed by `to') Having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something.
5. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
7. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
11. (Old Testament) Cain and Abel were the first children of Adam and Eve born after the Fall of Man.
12. An informal term for a father.
13. (Greek mythology) Greek god of war.
14. Type genus of the family Myacidae.
15. Considerate and solicitous care.
16. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
17. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
18. (of securities) Not quoted on a stock exchange.
20. A decree that prohibits something.
22. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
24. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
25. Voluntary contributions to aid the poor.
28. A small cake leavened with yeast.
30. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
32. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
34. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
35. Before noon.
36. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
38. A metric unit of length equal to one hundredth of a meter.
42. The airforce of Great Britain.
44. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
47. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
48. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
49. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
50. The cry made by sheep.
51. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
52. An narrative telling the adventures of a hero or a family.
53. The sign language used in the United States.
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1. The highest level or degree attainable.
2. Common Indian weaverbird.
3. A person who has lied or who lies repeatedly.
4. Half the width of an em.
5. Great coolness and composure under strain.
6. Consideration in dealing with others and avoiding giving offence.
7. A slight amount or degree of difference.
8. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
9. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
10. (Hindu) A manner of sitting (as in the practice of Yoga).
19. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
21. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
23. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
26. Being one more than fifty.
27. The use of nuclear magnetic resonance of protons to produce proton density images.
29. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
31. Any of several plants of the genus Camassia.
33. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
37. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
39. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
40. A river that rises in northeastern Turkey (near the source of the Euphrates) and flows generally eastward through Armenia to the Caspian Sea.
41. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
43. At a great distance in time or space or degree.
45. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
46. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
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