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1. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
5. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali metal group.
7. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
11. Austrian chemist who did research on carotenoids and vitamins (1900-1967).
12. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
13. Avatar of Vishnu.
14. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
15. Animal reproductive body consisting of an ovum or embryo together with nutritive and protective envelopes.
16. Most important element.
17. A small cake leavened with yeast.
19. The capacitance of a capacitor that has an equal and opposite charge of 1 coulomb on each plate and a voltage difference of 1 volt between the plates.
20. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
21. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
25. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
29. A drama set to music.
30. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
32. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
33. Seed vessel having hooks or prickles.
34. A bivalent and trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
35. A complex red organic pigment containing iron and other atoms to which oxygen binds.
38. 1,000,000,000 periods per second.
41. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
45. Having leadership guidance.
47. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
48. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.
49. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
50. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
51. The cry made by sheep.
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1. Jordan's port.
2. Port city in the United Arab Emirates on the Persian Gulf.
3. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
4. A hard brittle gray polyvalent metallic element that resembles iron but is not magnetic.
5. Popular music originating in the West Indies.
6. A flexible container with a single opening.
7. A large fleet.
8. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
9. Type genus of the Amiidae.
10. The (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb.
18. Wild ginger.
22. A male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917).
23. (Scottish) Bluish-black or gray-blue.
24. (Greek mythology) The goddess of youth and spring.
26. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
27. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
28. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
31. A major waterfall in southern Africa.
36. In bed.
37. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
38. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
39. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
40. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
42. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
43. An enclosed space.
44. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
45. A state in midwestern United States.
46. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
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