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1. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
5. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
7. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
11. East Indian cereal grass whose seed yield a somewhat bitter flour, a staple in the Orient.
12. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
13. A tributary of the Rhine.
14. The sixth month of the civil year.
15. The branch of information science that deals with natural language information.
16. The cry made by sheep.
17. 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. Grayish baboon of southern and eastern Africa.
22. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
25. The mission in San Antonio where in 1836 Mexican forces under Santa Anna besieged and massacred American rebels who were fighting to make Texas independent of Mexico.
29. An imaginary elephant that appears in a series of French books for children.
31. Scarabaeid beetle considered divine by ancient Egyptians.
32. (computer science) A data transmission rate (bits/second) for modems.
33. An associate degree in nursing.
35. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali metal group.
40. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
44. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
45. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
47. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
48. An informal term for a father.
49. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
50. A master's degree in fine arts.
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1. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
2. An informal term for a father.
3. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
4. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
5. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
6. Any of various units of capacity.
7. A soft silver-white or yellowish metallic element of the alkali metal group.
8. A communist state in the Caribbean on the island of Cuba.
9. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
10. (informal) Exceptionally good.
18. A sweet innocent baby.
19. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
21. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
23. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
24. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
26. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
27. Informal terms for a mother.
28. A Russian river.
30. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
34. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
35. Primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needle-like teeth.
36. God of love and erotic desire.
37. The inner surface of the hand from the wrist to the base of the fingers.
38. French cabaret singer (1915-1963).
39. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
41. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
42. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
43. An awkward stupid person.
46. A gray lustrous metallic element of the rare earth group.
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