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1. God of the earth.
4. Any division of quantity accepted as a standard of measurement or exchange.
8. An insecticide that is also toxic to animals and humans.
11. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
12. A quantity of no importance.
13. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
14. The vein in the center of a leaf.
16. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
17. A public promotion of some product or service.
18. Ending in a sharp point.
21. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
22. A heavy ductile magnetic metallic element.
23. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity equal to 10 decibels.
24. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
27. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
29. Hormone produced early in pregnancy by the placenta.
30. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
32. An edge tool used to cut and shape wood.
33. The deep vascular inner layer of the skin.
34. Immense East Indian fruit resembling breadfruit of.
37. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
39. Black tropical American cuckoo.
40. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
41. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
43. King of Saudi Arabia since 1982 (born in 1922).
44. The 13th letter of the Greek alphabet.
45. A complex red organic pigment containing iron and other atoms to which oxygen binds.
49. A long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur.
50. Chief port of Yemen.
51. Primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needle-like teeth.
52. The use of nuclear magnetic resonance of protons to produce proton density images.
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1. God of love and erotic desire.
2. A town in north central Oklahoma.
3. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
4. An agency of the United Nations responsible for programs to aid education and the health of children and mothers in developing countries.
5. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
6. A state in the Rocky Mountains.
7. The sensation that results when taste buds in the tongue and throat convey information about the chemical composition of a soluble stimulus.
8. Small cubes with 1 to 6 spots on the faces.
9. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
10. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
15. The airforce of Great Britain.
19. A port city in southwestern Iran.
20. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
25. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
26. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
28. Fallow deer.
31. Wish harm upon.
35. Find repugnant.
36. A family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southeastern Asia.
38. A small ball with a hole through the middle.
39. A public promotion of some product or service.
42. Any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species.
44. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
45. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
46. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
47. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
48. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
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