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1. A small cake leavened with yeast.
5. Any of various units of capacity.
8. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
11. Slightly open.
12. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
13. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
14. The act of slowing down or falling behind.
16. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
17. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
20. A mountain peak in the Andes in Bolivia (21,391 feet high).
22. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
23. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
27. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
30. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
31. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
33. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
34. Green algae common in freshwater lakes of limestone districts.
36. Top part of an apron.
40. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
41. A light touch or stroke.
43. A river in northern England that flows southeast through West Yorkshire.
45. Extremely robust.
47. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
48. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
49. A car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go in exchange for money.
50. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
51. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
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1. A pale rose-colored variety of the ruby spinel.
2. A genus of Platalea.
3. A flexible container with a single opening.
4. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
5. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
6. (informal) Exceptionally good.
7. A boy or man.
8. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
9. Type genus of the Ranidae.
10. By bad luck.
15. Young sheep.
18. Conqueror of Gaul and master of Italy (100-44 BC).
19. The cry made by sheep.
21. Spiritual leader of a Jewish congregation.
24. The airforce of Great Britain.
25. A Russian river.
26. A state in southeastern United States.
28. (trademark) An antacid.
29. A midnight meeting of witches to practice witchcraft and sorcery.
32. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
35. Queen of the Olympian gods in ancient Greek mythology.
36. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
37. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
38. A unit of apothecary weight equal to an eighth of an ounce or to 60 grains.
39. Having nine hinged bands of bony plates.
42. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
43. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
44. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
45. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
46. A hard malleable ductile silvery metallic element that is resistant to corrosion.
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