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1. Electronic warfare undertaken to prevent or reduce an enemy's effective use of the electromagnetic spectrum.
4. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
8. Standard time in the 8th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 120th meridian west.
11. The 21st letter of the Greek alphabet.
12. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
13. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
14. Imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy.
15. Offering fun and gaiety.
16. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
17. (sometimes followed by `of') Having or showing realization or perception.
19. A unit of pressure.
21. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
22. A very light colorless element that is one of the six inert gasses.
24. Being one hundred more than three hundred.
26. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
27. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
31. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
32. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
34. Freed from illness or injury.
36. A unit of information equal to one million (1,048,576) bytes.
37. United States tennis player who was the first Black to win United States and English singles championships (1943-1993).
42. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
47. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
48. A city in northern India.
49. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
50. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
51. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
52. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
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1. An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel.
2. A wad of something chewable as tobacco.
3. Tropical Asian starlings.
4. Especially one side of a leaf.
5. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
6. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
7. Cause to be embarrassed.
8. Dish baked in pastry-lined pan often with a pastry top.
9. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
10. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
18. Popular music originating in the West Indies.
20. Make lighter or brighter.
23. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
25. 1/10 gram.
28. 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).
29. A state in New England.
30. A public promotion of some product or service.
33. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
35. God of wealth and love.
38. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
39. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
40. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
41. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
43. (slang) A gangster's pistol.
44. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
45. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
46. The last (12th) month of the year.
47. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
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