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1. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
4. A small cake leavened with yeast.
8. The network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal function.
11. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
12. The basic unit of money in Iran.
13. Alsatian artist and poet who was cofounder of Dadaism in Zurich.
14. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
16. The 26th letter of the Roman alphabet.
17. Wood of a pecan tree.
19. French novelist.
21. Before noon.
23. A public promotion of some product or service.
25. 36th President of the United States.
30. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
33. Jordan's port.
35. The branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication.
36. British informal term.
37. American pioneer and hero of the Texas Revolution (1796-1836).
43. The capital of Western Samoa.
45. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
47. Give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect.
48. A soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element.
49. God of love and erotic desire.
50. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
51. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
52. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
53. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
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1. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
2. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
3. A son who has the same first name as his father.
4. A submachine gun operated by gas pressure.
5. A resource.
6. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
7. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
8. Harass with persistent criticism or carping.
9. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
10. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
15. Arboreal snake of central and southern Africa whose bite is often fatal.
18. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
20. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
22. (Scottish) Bluish-black or gray-blue.
24. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
26. An island in Indonesia south of Borneo.
27. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
28. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
29. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
31. Small genus of tropical African perennial bulbous herbs with deciduous twining stems.
32. Towards the side away from the wind.
34. New Zealand timber tree resembling the cypress.
38. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
39. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
40. 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.
41. Fallow deer.
42. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
44. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
46. An informal term for a father.
47. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
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