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1. (Babylonian) The sky god.
4. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
8. A rapid bustling commotion.
11. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
12. Two items of the same kind.
13. The upper side of the thighs of a seated person.
14. The sign language used in the United States.
15. The (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb.
16. The compass point that is one point east of due south.
17. Common Indian weaverbird.
20. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
21. A master's degree in business.
23. An informal term for a father.
25. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
28. Liquid containing proteins and electrolytes including the liquid in blood plasma and interstitial fluid.
30. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
33. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
34. A large building at an airport where aircraft can be stored and maintained.
37. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances.
39. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
40. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
42. A soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element.
43. Lower in esteem.
47. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
51. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
52. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
53. An honorary degree in science.
54. Goddess of fate.
55. A small cake leavened with yeast.
56. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
57. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
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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. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for aviation and spaceflight.
3. Displeasing to the senses and morally revolting.
4. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
5. Hard greenish-brown wood of the lignum vitae tree and other trees of the genus Guaiacum.
6. Imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy.
7. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
8. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
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. Before noon.
19. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
22. Any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species.
24. 10 grams.
26. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
27. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
29. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
31. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
32. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
35. Type genus of the Alaudidae.
36. Tag the base runner to get him out.
38. A drama set to music.
39. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
41. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
44. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
45. A deep orange-red variety of chalcedony.
46. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
48. A light touch or stroke.
49. Syndrome resulting from a serious acute (sometimes fatal) infection associated with the presence of staphylococcus.
50. (informal) Of the highest quality.
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