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1. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
5. (of champagne) Moderately dry.
8. A device for creating a current of air by movement of a surface or surfaces.
11. Swift timid long-eared mammal larger than a rabbit having a divided upper lip and long hind legs.
12. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
13. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
14. In bed.
15. Horny projecting mouth of a bird.
16. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
17. The cry made by sheep.
20. Informal terms for a mother.
22. Of or relating to or characteristic of the Republic of Chad or its people or language.
23. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
27. A small cake leavened with yeast.
28. Nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate.
30. The last (12th) month of the year.
31. A unit of information equal to one million (1,048,576) bytes.
32. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
34. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
36. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
38. The 10th letter of the Greek alphabet.
42. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
44. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
47. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
48. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
49. Not only so, but.
50. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
51. An informal term for a father.
52. (prefix) In front of or before in space.
53. A master's degree in fine arts.
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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. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
3. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
4. A doctor's degree in education.
5. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
6. A town in north central Oklahoma.
7. 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.
8. Extremely pleasing.
9. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
10. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
18. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
19. Liquid containing proteins and electrolytes including the liquid in blood plasma and interstitial fluid.
21. Jordan's port.
24. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
25. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
26. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
29. Flightless New Zealand birds similar to gallinules.
33. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
35. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
37. Common Indian weaverbird.
38. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
39. The inner surface of the hand from the wrist to the base of the fingers.
40. French cabaret singer (1915-1963).
41. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
43. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
45. (British) Informal term for information.
46. Headdress that protects the head from bad weather.
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