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1. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
4. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
8. (computer science) Protocol that allows users to copy files between their local system and any system they can reach on the network.
11. The act of slowing down or falling behind.
12. A city in northern India.
13. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
14. French cabaret singer (1915-1963).
15. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
17. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
20. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
21. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
23. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
26. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
27. A statement of fundamental facts or principles.
28. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
31. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
34. Pompous or pretentious talk or writing.
39. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
42. A small cake leavened with yeast.
43. The United Nations agency concerned with international maritime activities.
44. German chemist who was co-discoverer with Lise Meitner of nuclear fission (1879-1968).
46. A decree that prohibits something.
47. Lacking in rigor or strictness.
48. An informal term for a father.
49. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. First in order of importance.
2. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
3. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
4. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
5. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
6. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
7. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
8. Extremely pleasing.
9. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
10. Capital and largest city of the Czech Republic.
16. By bad luck.
18. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
19. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
22. An archaic name for Easter or Passover.
24. Relatively nontoxic South African herb smoked like tobacco.
25. Small cubes with 1 to 6 spots on the faces.
29. (trademark) An antacid.
30. A heavy brittle diamagnetic trivalent metallic element (resembles arsenic and antimony chemically).
32. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
33. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
35. Capital and largest city and economic center of Peru.
36. King of Saudi Arabia since 1982 (born in 1922).
37. A unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns.
38. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
40. An American doctorate usually based on at least 3 years graduate study and a dissertation.
41. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
45. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
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