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1. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
5. The residue that remains when something is burned.
8. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
11. Panel forming the lower part of an interior wall when it is finished differently from the rest.
12. Fiddler crabs.
13. (Scotland) A small loaf or roll of soft bread.
14. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
15. A humorous anecdote or remark.
16. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.
17. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
19. A light touch or stroke.
21. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
22. An easy return of a tennis ball in a high arc.
24. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
25. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
27. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
28. A religious doctrine that is proclaimed as true without proof.
32. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
35. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
36. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
38. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
39. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
40. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
44. Large genus of tropical subshrubs or herbs some of which yield fibers of mucilaginous substances.
48. The capital and largest city of Japan.
50. A solution containing a phosphate buffer.
51. A coenzyme derived from the B vitamin nicotinic acid.
52. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
53. Consisting of or made of wood of the oak tree.
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1. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
2. East Indian cereal grass whose seed yield a somewhat bitter flour, a staple in the Orient.
3. The sixth month of the civil year.
4. Relating to principles of right and wrong.
5. The month following July and preceding September.
6. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
7. British writer noted for romantic adventure novels (1856-1925).
8. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
9. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
10. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
18. Ratio of the hypotenuse to the opposite side.
20. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
23. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
26. The cry made by sheep.
29. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
30. Informal terms for a mother.
31. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
33. An informal term for a father.
34. Stout-bodied insect with large membranous wings.
37. The main city of ancient Phoenicia.
41. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
42. A small cake leavened with yeast.
43. The quantity a cask will hold.
45. The federal department responsible for safeguarding national security.
46. The last (12th) month of the year.
47. A corporation's first offer to sell stock to the public.
48. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
49. A bachelor's degree in science.
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