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1. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
4. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
8. Inquire about.
11. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
12. A quantity of no importance.
13. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
14. (informal) Roused to anger.
15. Assist or encourage, usually in some wrongdoing.
16. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
17. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
19. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
21. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
23. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
25. A midnight meeting of witches to practice witchcraft and sorcery.
30. One of the most common of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
32. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
34. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
35. A fraudulent business scheme.
37. An independent group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic languages.
39. A Russian river.
41. King of Saudi Arabia since 1982 (born in 1922).
44. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
45. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
47. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
48. Flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes.
51. The sign language used in the United States.
52. Port city in northwestern Belgium and industrial center.
53. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
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1. Arboreal snake of central and southern Africa whose bite is often fatal.
2. Jordan's port.
3. Food of a ruminant regurgitated to be chewed again.
4. An unforeseen obstacle.
5. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
6. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
7. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
8. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
9. The act of scanning.
10. God of love and erotic desire.
18. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
20. A young woman making her debut into society.
22. A soft silver-white ductile metallic element (liquid at normal temperatures).
24. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
26. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
27. A small cake leavened with yeast.
28. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
29. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
31. Attack someone physically or emotionally.
33. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
36. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
38. (Greek mythology) Greek god of war.
40. A submachine gun operated by gas pressure.
42. Swift timid long-eared mammal larger than a rabbit having a divided upper lip and long hind legs.
43. African tree with edible yellow fruit resembling mangos.
46. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
49. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
50. A state in northwestern North America.
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