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1. An international organization created in 1949 by the North Atlantic Treaty for purposes of collective security.
5. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
8. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
11. In a murderous frenzy as if possessed by a demon.
12. A light touch or stroke.
13. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
14. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
15. Find repugnant.
17. An association of people to promote the welfare of senior citizens.
19. A complex red organic pigment containing iron and other atoms to which oxygen binds.
20. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
22. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
26. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
29. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
34. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
36. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
38. A city in east central Texas.
40. Unknown god.
42. A small cake leavened with yeast.
43. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
46. A tube in which a body fluid circulates.
47. Edible tuber of any of several yams.
48. Type genus of the Anatidae.
49. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
50. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
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1. A quantity of no importance.
2. Type genus of the Amiidae.
3. A unit of pressure equal to 0.001316 atmosphere.
4. Similar to the giraffe but smaller with much shorter neck and stripe on the legs.
5. A public promotion of some product or service.
6. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
7. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
8. Hear or try a court case anew.
9. (physics and chemistry) The smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element.
10. A challenge to do something dangerous or foolhardy.
16. God of wealth and love.
18. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
21. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
23. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
24. A flexible container with a single opening.
25. An angular shape characterized by sharp turns in alternating directions.
27. A lymph node that is inflamed and swollen because of plague or gonorrhea or tuberculosis.
28. Radish of Japan with a long hard durable root eaten raw or cooked.
30. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
31. An anti-TNF compound (trade name Arava) that is given orally.
32. An imaginary elephant that appears in a series of French books for children.
33. Small shrubby African tree having compound leaves and racemes of small fragrant green flowers.
35. Offering fun and gaiety.
36. Canadian hockey player (born 1948).
37. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
39. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
41. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
44. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
45. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
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