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1. The local time at the 0 meridian passing through Greenwich, England.
4. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
8. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
11. The network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal function.
12. (Scottish) Bluish-black or gray-blue.
13. A slight amount or degree of difference.
14. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
16. A winged often one-seed indehiscent fruit as of the ash or elm or maple.
18. 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. An avalanche volcanic water and mud down the slopes of a volcano.
21. United States labor organizer who ran for President as a socialist (1855-1926).
24. The last (12th) month of the year.
27. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
29. The state prevailing during the absence of war.
31. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
34. Nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate.
35. United States writer of poems and plays about racial conflict (born in 1934).
38. A bachelor's degree in religion.
40. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
41. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
42. The atomic weight of an element that has the same combining capacity as a given weight of another element.
43. A sensation (as of a cold breeze or bright light) that precedes the onset of certain disorders such as a migraine attack or epileptic seizure.
48. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
49. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
50. Extremely pleasing.
51. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
52. A decree that prohibits something.
53. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. German tennis player who won seven women's singles titles at Wimbledon (born in 1969).
2. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
3. A male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917).
4. A metallic element of the rare earth group.
5. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
6. An associate degree in applied science.
7. (archaic or Scottish) Faithful and true.
8. A state in the western United States.
9. God of death.
10. The sixth month of the civil year.
15. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
17. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
19. Remove or make invisible.
22. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
23. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
25. The branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication.
26. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
28. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
30. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
32. A native of ancient Troy.
33. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
36. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
37. Jordan's port.
39. Consisting of or involving two parts or components usually in pairs.
44. A small piece of cloth.
45. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
46. One of the most common of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
47. A master's degree in fine arts.
48. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
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