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1. The residue that remains when something is burned.
4. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
8. To an excessive degree.
11. A digital display that uses liquid crystal cells that change reflectivity in an applied electric field.
12. A city in east central Texas.
13. The month following March and preceding May.
14. United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters.
15. On or toward the lee.
16. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
17. Before noon.
21. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
24. (Scottish) Bluish-black or gray-blue.
25. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
29. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
31. A resource.
32. Melon having yellowish rind and whitish flesh.
35. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
36. An informal term for a father.
40. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
44. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
45. Informal abbreviation of `representative'.
46. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
49. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
50. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
51. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
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1. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
2. A fraudulent business scheme.
3. A lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood.
4. Distant in either space or time.
5. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
6. Water frozen in the solid state.
7. Mature female of mammals of which the male is called `buck'.
8. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
9. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
10. Predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin.
18. An unnaturally frenzied or distraught woman.
19. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
20. South African term for `boss'.
22. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
23. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
26. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
27. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
28. Being one hundred more than three hundred.
30. A port city in southwestern Iran.
33. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
34. A public promotion of some product or service.
37. A bachelor's degree in religion.
38. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
39. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
41. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
42. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
43. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
47. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
48. A state in northwestern North America.
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