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1. (Roman mythology) Goddess of abundance and fertility.
4. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
8. An enclosed space.
11. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
12. A quantity of no importance.
13. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
14. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
16. A humorous anecdote or remark.
17. A sign of assent or salutation or command.
18. God of love and erotic desire.
20. A master's degree in business.
23. An informal term for a father.
26. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
29. How long something has existed.
31. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
33. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
35. A public promotion of some product or service.
36. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
38. A long projecting or anterior elongation of an animal's head.
40. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
44. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
46. A resource.
49. The act of slowing down or falling behind.
50. An inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others.
52. 4-wheeled motor vehicle.
53. Mature female of mammals of which the male is called `buck'.
54. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
55. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
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1. A city in the Asian part of Russia.
2. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
3. A fraudulent business scheme.
4. An associate degree in nursing.
5. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
6. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
7. A flexible container with a single opening.
8. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
9. Little known Kamarupan languages.
10. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
15. Fallow deer.
19. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
21. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
22. A small cake leavened with yeast.
24. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
25. A young woman making her debut into society.
27. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
28. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
30. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
32. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
34. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
37. The villain in William Shakespeare's tragedy who tricked Othello into murdering his wife.
38. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
39. South African term for `boss'.
40. An informal term for a father.
41. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
42. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
43. A city in northern India.
45. Having a toe or toes of a specified kind.
47. A United Nations agency that invest directly in companies and guarantees loans to private investors.
48. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
51. Informal terms for a mother.
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