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1. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
4. (computer science) A data transmission rate (bits/second) for modems.
8. Not reflecting light.
11. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
12. Toweling consisting of coarse absorbent cotton or linen fabric.
13. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
14. How long something has existed.
15. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
16. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
17. A member of an agricultural people of southern India.
20. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
23. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
27. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
28. The cry made by sheep.
29. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
32. A town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern Mediterranean.
36. The sixth month of the civil year.
39. Cut or impressed into a surface.
41. An alloy of copper and zinc (and sometimes arsenic) used to imitate gold in cheap jewelry and for gilding.
44. Jordan's port.
45. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
46. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
48. An adult male person (as opposed to a woman).
49. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
50. A small cake leavened with yeast.
51. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
2. Kamarupan languages spoken in northeastern India and western Burma.
3. Advanced in years.
4. God of wealth and love.
5. A sensation (as of a cold breeze or bright light) that precedes the onset of certain disorders such as a migraine attack or epileptic seizure.
6. Fiddler crabs.
7. A metric unit of length equal to ten meters.
8. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
9. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
10. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
18. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
19. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
21. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
22. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
24. An informal term for a father.
25. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
26. The residue that remains when something is burned.
30. Related to or located at the back.
31. Someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential).
33. Botswanan statesman who was the first president of Botswana (1921-1980).
34. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
35. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
37. (informal) Someone whose style is out of fashion.
38. A primeval personification of air and breath.
40. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
42. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
43. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
47. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
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