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1. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
4. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
8. (computer science) A computer that is running software that allows users to leave messages and access information of general interest.
11. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
12. The basic unit of money on Malta.
13. A watery solution of sugars, salts, and minerals that circulates through the vascular system of a plant.
14. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
15. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
16. The organ of sight (`peeper' is an informal term for `eye').
17. 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.
20. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
23. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
27. The face of a timepiece.
29. A member of an agricultural people of southern India.
33. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
35. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
36. (folklore) A corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living.
39. The airforce of Great Britain.
41. An accountant certified by the state.
44. Full of zest or vigor.
45. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
46. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
47. A rounded thickly curled hairdo.
48. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
49. (informal) Of the highest quality.
50. An unstable meson produced as the result of a high-energy particle collision.
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1. Highly excited.
2. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
3. In bed.
4. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
5. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
6. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
7. An informal term for a father.
8. A fatal disease of cattle that affects the central nervous system.
9. Common Indian weaverbird.
10. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
18. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
19. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
21. Food mixtures either arranged on a plate or tossed and served with a moist dressing.
22. A clique that seeks power usually through intrigue.
24. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
25. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
26. An angular shape characterized by sharp turns in alternating directions.
28. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
30. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
31. Extremely small in scale or scope or capability.
32. A synthetic silklike fabric.
34. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
35. A piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep.
37. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
38. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
40. At a great distance in time or space or degree.
42. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
43. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
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