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1. The sign language used in the United States.
4. An enclosed space.
7. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
11. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
12. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
13. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
14. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
15. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity equal to 10 decibels.
16. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
17. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
19. Being one hundred more than three hundred.
20. A decree that prohibits something.
24. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
26. A slight amount or degree of difference.
27. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
31. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
34. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
35. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
36. A ductile malleable reddish-brown corrosion-resistant diamagnetic metallic element.
38. A master's degree in business.
41. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
44. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
46. Jordan's port.
49. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
50. Offering fun and gaiety.
52. 10 hao equal 1 dong.
54. The basic unit of money in China.
55. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
56. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
57. A doctor's degree in religion.
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1. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
2. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
3. The act of slowing down or falling behind.
4. A midnight meeting of witches to practice witchcraft and sorcery.
5. How long something has existed.
6. Used of certain religious orders who wear shoes.
7. A shape that sags.
8. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
9. A small cake leavened with yeast.
10. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
18. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
21. A narcotic that is considered a hard drug.
22. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
23. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
25. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
28. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
29. Before noon.
30. An uproarious party.
32. A barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea.
33. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
37. Relatively small fast-moving sloth.
38. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
39. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
40. A Loloish language.
42. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
43. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
45. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
47. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
48. A long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur.
51. An associate degree in nursing.
52. Nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate.
53. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
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