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1. The compass point that is one point east of due south.
4. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
8. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
11. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
12. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
13. Resonance of protons to radiation in a magnetic field.
14. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
16. Perennial herb of East India to Polynesia and Australia cultivated for its large edible root yielding Otaheite arrowroot starch.
17. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
19. A white trivalent metallic element.
21. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
22. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
24. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
26. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
28. Fear resulting from the awareness of danger.
31. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
32. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
34. Capital and largest city of the Czech Republic.
36. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
38. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
41. Small tropical American tree bearing edible plumlike fruit.
45. (Norse mythology) Goddess of old age who defeated Thor in a wrestling match.
48. A reproach for some lapse or misdeed.
49. A set of two similar things considered as a unit.
50. A public promotion of some product or service.
52. In or of the present month.
53. The azimuth of a celestial body is the angle between the vertical plane containing it and the plane of the meridian.
54. The eleventh month of the Hindu calendar.
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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. Marked by excessive enthusiasm for and intense devotion to a cause or idea.
6. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
7. Small genus of aquatic or semiaquatic plants.
8. Former measure of the US economy.
9. Type genus of the Amiidae.
10. (informal) Exceptionally good.
15. A summary that repeats the substance of a longer discussion.
18. A decree that prohibits something.
20. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
23. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
25. 4-wheeled motor vehicle.
27. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
29. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
30. 1/1000 gram.
33. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
35. The principal evil jinni in Islamic mythology.
37. Being one more than two.
39. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
40. Channel into a new direction.
41. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
42. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
43. 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.
44. Large elliptical brightly colored deep-sea fish of Atlantic and Pacific and Mediterranean.
46. The cry made by sheep.
47. An edge tool used to cut and shape wood.
48. A belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school.
51. After noon.
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