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1. Horny projecting mouth of a bird.
4. Of a period of maximal use or demand or activity.
8. A health resort near a spring or at the seaside.
11. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
12. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
13. The basic unit of money in Albania.
14. An informal term for a father.
16. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
17. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
18. Jordan's port.
20. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
21. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
24. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
25. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
28. The 19th letter of the Greek alphabet.
30. (informal) Exceptionally good.
32. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
34. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
35. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
36. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
38. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
40. A young woman.
43. Of or relating to a member of the Buddhist people inhabiting the Mekong river in Laos and Thailand.
45. A resource.
48. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
49. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
50. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
51. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
53. The cry made by sheep.
54. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
55. (trademark) A liquid that temporarily disables a person.
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1. A quantity of no importance.
2. A republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
3. English monk and scholar (672-735).
4. An informal term for a father.
5. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
6. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
7. An industrial city in southern Poland on the Vistula.
8. Block consisting of a thick piece of something.
9. Of or relating to punishment.
10. Jordan's port.
15. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
19. A public promotion of some product or service.
22. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
23. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
26. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
27. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
29. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
31. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
33. In the same place (used when citing a reference).
37. A small cake leavened with yeast.
39. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
40. An informal term for a father.
41. Concerning those not members of the clergy.
42. A republic consisting of 26 of 32 counties comprising the island of Ireland.
44. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
46. One of the most common of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
47. A light touch or stroke.
52. Informal terms for a mother.
53. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
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