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1. Any of various units of capacity.
4. A state-chartered savings bank owned by its depositors and managed by a board of trustees.
7. German chemist who was co-discoverer with Lise Meitner of nuclear fission (1879-1968).
11. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
12. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
13. (Scottish) Bluish-black or gray-blue.
14. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
15. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
17. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
18. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
20. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
22. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
24. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
26. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
30. 1/10 gram.
31. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
33. A decree that prohibits something.
36. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
38. The capital of Croatia.
40. A Hindu prince or king in India.
44. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
47. A member of a Mayan people of southwestern Guatemala.
50. A sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain.
51. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
52. The closing section of a musical composition.
53. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
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1. Strong lightweight wood of the balsa tree used especially for floats.
2. Offering little or no hope.
3. A woody climbing usually tropical plant.
4. An independent group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic languages.
5. An enclosed space.
6. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
7. A hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red blood cells their characteristic color.
8. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
9. An indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint.
10. The compass point that is one point north of northeast.
16. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
19. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
21. An associate degree in applied science.
23. A flexible container with a single opening.
25. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
27. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
28. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
29. An associate degree in nursing.
32. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
34. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
35. Irritate or vex.
37. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
39. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
41. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
42. An island in Indonesia south of Borneo.
43. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
45. A theory of strong interactions between elementary particles (including the interaction that binds protons and neutrons in the nucleus).
46. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
48. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
49. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances.
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