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1. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
4. A small cake leavened with yeast.
8. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
11. A slight amount or degree of difference.
12. In bed.
13. To make a mistake or be incorrect.
14. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
15. An informal term for a father.
16. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
17. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
19. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
21. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
24. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
26. Evergreen Indian shrub with vivid yellow flowers whose bark is used in tanning.
31. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
32. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
34. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
35. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
36. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
41. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
44. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
45. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
48. A public promotion of some product or service.
49. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
50. A complex red organic pigment containing iron and other atoms to which oxygen binds.
52. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
53. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
54. The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on.
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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 member of an agricultural people of southern India.
5. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
6. A piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep.
7. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
8. A human limb.
9. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
10. (informal) Exceptionally good.
18. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
20. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
22. (slang) A gangster's pistol.
23. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
25. An anti-TNF compound (trade name Arava) that is given orally.
27. A state in the eastern United States.
28. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
29. A Russian river.
30. A metric unit of length equal to one billionth of a meter.
33. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
37. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
38. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
39. A Loloish language.
40. Fallow deer.
42. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
43. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
46. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
47. Any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species.
48. A public promotion of some product or service.
51. An ancient city of Sumer located on a former channel of the Euphrates River.
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