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1. A committee in the executive branch of government that advises the president on foreign and military and national security.
4. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
7. A company emblem or device.
11. (informal) Of the highest quality.
12. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
13. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
14. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
16. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
18. Small cubes with 1 to 6 spots on the faces.
19. A public promotion of some product or service.
20. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
21. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
25. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
28. Small genus of erect balsam-scented herbs.
29. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
32. Used of a single unit or thing.
33. South African term for `boss'.
34. United States artist whose work reflected social and political themes (1898-1969).
38. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
42. Widely cultivated in tropical and subtropical regions for its fragrant flowers and colorful fruits.
44. 100 ngwee equal 1 kwacha.
46. Having leadership guidance.
49. Someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential).
50. An informal term for a father.
51. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
52. A light touch or stroke.
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1. A quantity of no importance.
2. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
3. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
4. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
5. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
6. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
7. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
8. An unabridged dictionary constructed on historical principles.
9. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
10. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
15. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
17. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
22. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
23. (in Gnosticism) A divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe.
24. Imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy.
26. A small cake leavened with yeast.
27. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
30. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
31. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
35. Australian shrubs and small trees with evergreen usually spiny leaves and dense clusters of showy flowers.
36. Step on it.
37. Obvious and dull.
38. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
39. Among the largest bony fish.
40. A Chadic language spoken in Chad.
41. English writer and a central member of the Fabian Society (1858-1943).
43. A doctor's degree in education.
45. (often followed by `of') A large number or amount or extent.
46. A state in midwestern United States.
47. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
48. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
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