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1. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
4. Type genus of the Amiidae.
8. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
11. (Babylonian) The sky god.
12. The state of needing something that is absent or unavailable.
13. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
14. A preparation (usually made of sweetened chicle) for chewing.
15. Largest known toad species.
16. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
17. Using speech rather than writing.
19. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
21. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
22. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
24. The (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb.
26. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
27. An association of people to promote the welfare of senior citizens.
30. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
31. Being one hundred more than three hundred.
32. The cry made by sheep.
36. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
38. A sheet or band of fibrous connective tissue separating or binding together muscles and organs etc.
42. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
45. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
46. Resonance of protons to radiation in a magnetic field.
47. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
50. Any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species.
51. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
52. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
53. A conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures.
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1. Chief port and economic center of Nigeria.
2. Frogs, toads, tree toads.
3. All of the inhabitants of the earth.
4. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
5. (New Testament) The sages who visited Jesus and Mary and Joseph shortly after Jesus was born.
6. A hospital unit staffed and equipped to provide intensive care.
7. Jordan's port.
8. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
9. Type genus of the Ranidae.
10. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
18. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
20. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
23. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
25. A light touch or stroke.
28. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
29. An informal term for a father.
33. A native-born Israeli.
34. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
35. (slang) A gangster's pistol.
37. An inclined surface or roadway that moves traffic from one level to another.
38. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
39. 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.
40. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
41. A city in northwestern Syria.
43. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
44. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
48. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
49. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
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