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1. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
4. Designer drug designed to have the effects of amphetamines (it floods the brain with serotonin) but to avoid the drug laws.
8. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
11. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
12. Common Indian weaverbird.
13. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
14. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
16. A form of address for a married woman.
17. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
18. Food mixtures either arranged on a plate or tossed and served with a moist dressing.
21. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
22. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
23. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
25. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
27. A young woman making her debut into society.
30. A fraudulent business scheme.
33. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
35. (informal) Of the highest quality.
37. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
38. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
39. A belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school.
42. An alloy of copper and zinc (and sometimes arsenic) used to imitate gold in cheap jewelry and for gilding.
46. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
47. A long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur.
49. Using speech rather than writing.
50. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
51. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
52. A small cake leavened with yeast.
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1. By bad luck.
2. An informal term for a father.
3. Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods.
4. A unit of information equal to one million (1,048,576) bytes.
5. A barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea.
6. Too numerous to be counted.
7. An associate degree in applied science.
8. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
9. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
10. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
15. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
19. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
20. Extremely pleasing.
24. (Greek mythology) A princess of Colchis who aided Jason in taking the Golden Fleece from her father.
26. A fatal disease of cattle that affects the central nervous system.
28. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
29. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
31. South American plant cultivated for its large fragrant trumpet-shaped flowers.
32. Minute blackish gregarious flies destructive to mushrooms and seedlings.
34. Any property detected by the olfactory system.
36. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
40. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
41. The arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek.
43. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
44. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
45. A numbered compartment in a post office where mail is put to be called for.
48. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
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