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1. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
4. God of love and erotic desire.
8. How long something has existed.
11. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
12. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
13. A period of time spent sleeping.
14. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
16. Any of a group of heavenly spirits under the god Anu.
17. An honorary degree in science.
18. (folklore) A corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living.
20. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
23. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
25. Someone who mooches or cadges (tries to get something free).
30. The dialect of Malay used as the national language of the Republic of Indonesia or of Malaysia.
34. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
35. Being one hundred more than two hundred.
36. Australian shrubs and small trees with evergreen usually spiny leaves and dense clusters of showy flowers.
43. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
44. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
46. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
47. Very dark black.
49. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
52. Sewing that repairs a worn or torn place in a garment.
53. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
54. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
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1. Soft white semisolid fat obtained by rendering the fatty tissue of the hog v 1.
2. Type genus of the Anatidae.
3. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
4. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
5. A public promotion of some product or service.
6. Informal terms for a mother.
7. Type genus of the Amiidae.
8. A blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically.
9. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
10. Surpassing the ordinary especially in size or scale.
15. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
19. A United Nations agency that invest directly in companies and guarantees loans to private investors.
21. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
22. A state in the Rocky Mountains.
24. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
26. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
27. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
28. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
29. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali metal group.
31. (informal) Of the highest quality.
32. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
33. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
37. A French abbot.
38. An unstable meson produced as the result of a high-energy particle collision.
39. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
40. A state in north central United States.
41. A United Nations agency created to assist developing nations by loans guaranteed by member governments.
42. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
45. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
48. A yellow trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
49. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
50. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
51. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
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