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1. The compass point that is one point east of due south.
4. In bed.
8. A rapid bustling commotion.
11. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
12. Common Indian weaverbird.
13. A period of time spent sleeping.
14. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
15. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
16. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
17. A small cake leavened with yeast.
20. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
22. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
23. Highly excited.
26. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
28. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
31. A light touch or stroke.
34. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
36. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
38. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
40. South African plant widely cultivated for its showy pure white spathe and yellow spadix.
43. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
46. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
47. Minor or subordinate.
51. A federal agency that supervises carriers that transport goods and people between states.
52. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
53. (informal) Exceptionally good.
54. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
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1. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
2. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
3. The square of a body of any size of type.
4. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
5. A member of an agricultural people of southern India.
6. An unfledged or nestling hawk.
7. An informal term for a father.
8. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
9. An informal term for a father.
10. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
18. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
19. How long something has existed.
21. Top part of an apron.
24. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
25. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
27. Informal terms for a mother.
29. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
30. A bachelor's degree in religion.
32. A person forced to flee from home or country.
33. A town in northern France on the Strait of Dover that serves as a ferry port to England.
35. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
37. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
39. Make amends for.
41. A cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment).
42. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
44. 4-wheeled motor vehicle.
45. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
48. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
49. A unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns.
50. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
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