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1. A brace that extends from the rear of the keel to support the rudderpost.
5. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
8. Kidney disease characterized by enlarged kidneys containing many cysts.
11. Fabric dyed with splotches of green and brown and black and tan.
12. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
13. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
14. Before noon.
15. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
17. Having help.
19. Nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate.
21. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
23. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
24. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
26. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
28. Short and fat.
32. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
34. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
37. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
38. Being or occurring in fact or actuality.
40. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
44. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
48. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
49. A resource.
50. A river in central Europe that arises in northwestern Czechoslovakia and flows northward through Germany to empty into the North Sea.
51. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
52. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
53. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
54. A young woman making her debut into society.
55. Before noon.
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1. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
2. God of love and erotic desire.
3. The square of a body of any size of type.
4. A state of southwestern India.
5. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
6. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
7. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
8. A number of sheets of paper fastened together along one edge.
9. Hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella.
10. An informal term for a father.
16. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
18. One of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
20. The 19th letter of the Greek alphabet.
22. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
25. Obvious and dull.
27. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
29. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
30. A state in midwestern United States.
31. A metric unit of volume equal to one tenth of a liter.
33. The cry made by sheep.
35. Suggestive of the supernatural.
36. English monk and scholar (672-735).
37. A state of southwestern India.
39. 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.
40. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
41. Set down according to a plan.
42. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
43. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
45. Call upon in supplication.
46. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
47. A beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water.
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