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1. An anxiety disorder characterized by chronic free-floating anxiety and such symptoms as tension or sweating or trembling of light-headedness or irritability etc that has lasted for more than six months.
4. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
8. A United Nations agency that invest directly in companies and guarantees loans to private investors.
11. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
12. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
13. (Irish) The sea personified.
14. (Norse mythology) God of light and peace and noted for his beauty and sweet nature.
17. A state in northwestern North America.
18. Third son of Elizabeth II (born in 1964).
20. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
21. The cry made by sheep.
22. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
24. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
27. Sexually transmitted urethritis (usually caused by chlamydia).
29. Any of a group of Indic languages spoken in Kashmir and eastern Afghanistan and northern Pakistan.
32. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
34. (computer science) A coding system that incorporates extra parity bits in order to detect errors.
36. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
37. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
38. Activity involved in maintaining something in good working order.
42. A public promotion of some product or service.
45. Showing or causing joy and pleasure.
46. The month following March and preceding May.
49. A spacecraft that carries astronauts from the command module to the surface of the moon and back.
51. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
52. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
53. Gully or streambed in North Africa and the Middle East that remains dry except during rainy season.
54. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
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1. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
2. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
3. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
4. A native of ancient Troy.
5. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
6. A small cake leavened with yeast.
7. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
8. Not in good physical or mental health.
9. A tax on employees and employers that is used to fund the Social Security system.
10. A steep rugged rock or cliff.
15. A young woman making her debut into society.
16. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
19. Something that remunerates.
23. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
25. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
26. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
28. Fiddler crabs.
30. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
31. A doctor's degree in religion.
33. Made agreeably cold (especially by ice).
35. United States poet and critic (1916-1986).
39. Humble request for help.
40. God of love and erotic desire.
41. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
42. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
43. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
44. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
47. A number of sheets of paper fastened together along one edge.
48. The last (12th) month of the year.
49. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
50. The compass point midway between south and west.
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