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1. God of the earth.
4. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
8. The compass point that is one point south of due east.
11. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
12. A sharply directional antenna.
13. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
14. An authoritative direction or instruction to do something.
15. (informal) Exceptionally good.
16. Type genus of the family Myacidae.
17. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
19. The azimuth of a celestial body is the angle between the vertical plane containing it and the plane of the meridian.
21. A public promotion of some product or service.
22. Found along western Atlantic coast.
25. A state in northwestern North America.
26. An atom or molecule or radical or ion that forms a complex around a central atom.
29. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
32. A Hindu prince or king in India.
33. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
35. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
36. An associate degree in nursing.
38. A bachelor's degree in theology.
41. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
43. Water frozen in the solid state.
47. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
49. Blood cells that engulf and digest bacteria and fungi.
50. 10 grams.
51. A city in northern India.
52. Consisting of or made of wood of the oak tree.
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1. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
2. Any plant of the genus Erica.
3. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
4. (Jewish folklore) A demon that enters the body of a living person and controls that body's behavior.
5. Not easy.
6. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
7. The capital and largest city of Rwanda.
8. Any of various trees of the genus Ulmus.
9. Common Indian weaverbird.
10. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
18. A master's degree in business.
20. The capital of Croatia.
23. (Scottish) Bluish-black or gray-blue.
24. The cry made by sheep.
27. A Mid-Atlantic state on the Atlantic.
28. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
30. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
31. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
34. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.
37. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
38. A public promotion of some product or service.
39. A small cake leavened with yeast.
40. Related to or located at the back.
42. A flexible container with a single opening.
44. Of inferior or mixed breed.
45. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
46. A bloody and prolonged operation in which American marines landed and defeated Japanese defenders (February and March 1945).
48. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
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