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1. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
4. A sodium salt of carbonic acid.
8. A corporation's first offer to sell stock to the public.
11. A slight amount or degree of difference.
12. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
13. A tight-fitting headdress.
14. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
15. (obstetrics) The number of live-born children a woman has delivered.
16. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
17. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
19. A medicinal drug used to evoke vomiting (especially in cases of drug overdose or poisoning).
24. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
25. A small spineless globe-shaped cactus.
28. Divulge information or secrets.
31. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
34. How long something has existed.
35. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
36. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
37. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
40. A member of an agricultural people of southern India.
44. A small ball with a hole through the middle.
46. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
47. The cry made by sheep.
49. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
51. An extension at the end and at right angles to the main building.
52. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
53. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
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1. An inactive volcano in Sicily.
2. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
3. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
4. A rare chronic progressive encephalitis caused by the measles virus and occurring primarily in children and young adults.
5. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
6. An Iranian language spoken in Afghanistan.
7. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
8. Being nine more than ninety.
9. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
10. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
18. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
20. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
21. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
22. A committee in the executive branch of government that advises the president on foreign and military and national security.
23. Being ten more than one hundred forty.
26. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
27. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
29. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
30. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
32. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
33. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
38. (archaic or Scottish) Faithful and true.
39. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
41. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
42. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
43. In bed.
45. A flexible container with a single opening.
46. A state in New England.
48. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
50. A public promotion of some product or service.
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