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1. How long something has existed.
4. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
8. An ester of adenosine that is converted to ATP for energy storage.
11. A diagrammatic representation of the earth's surface (or part of it).
12. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
13. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
14. By bad luck.
16. A young woman making her debut into society.
17. To make a mistake or be incorrect.
18. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
19. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
21. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
25. (used of count nouns) Every one considered individually.
27. Someone who cuts and delivers ice.
28. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
29. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
31. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
32. A public promotion of some product or service.
35. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
36. A woman's dress style that imitates the caftan cloaks worn by men in the Near East.
39. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
43. A state in southeastern United States.
44. English economist noted for his studies of international trade and finance (born in 1907).
47. The act of slowing down or falling behind.
48. (computer science) A coding system that incorporates extra parity bits in order to detect errors.
50. Any property detected by the olfactory system.
51. 4-wheeled motor vehicle.
52. An informal term for a father.
53. Kamarupan languages spoken in northeastern India and western Burma.
54. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
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1. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
2. Offering fun and gaiety.
3. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
4. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
5. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
6. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.
7. A small cake leavened with yeast.
8. (informal) Of the highest quality.
9. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
10. Cause to wither or parch from exposure to heat.
15. Adopted in order to deceive.
20. A cylindrical drawstring bag used by sailors to hold their clothing and other gear.
22. A piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep.
23. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
24. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
26. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
30. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
33. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
34. Your general store of remembered information.
37. (in Gnosticism) A divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe.
38. A quantity of no importance.
39. A brittle silver-white metalloid element that is related to selenium and sulfur.
40. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
41. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
42. A city in northern India.
45. A member of the genus Canis (probably descended from the common wolf) that has been domesticated by man since prehistoric times.
46. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
49. Being one hundred more than three hundred.
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