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1. The cry made by sheep.
4. Perceive sound.
8. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
11. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
12. (New Testament) The sages who visited Jesus and Mary and Joseph shortly after Jesus was born.
13. An associate degree in applied science.
14. Electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field.
15. A hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red blood cells their characteristic color.
16. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
17. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
21. An associate degree in nursing.
22. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
24. (folklore) A corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living.
25. Jordan's port.
28. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
29. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
32. A sudden short attack.
34. An informal term for a father.
35. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
36. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
39. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
41. A legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body.
44. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
45. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
46. The capital and largest city of Ghana with a deep-water port.
47. United States labor organizer who ran for President as a socialist (1855-1926).
49. The month following March and preceding May.
51. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
52. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
53. An actor's line that immediately precedes and serves as a reminder for some action or speech.
54. A pointed tool for marking surfaces or for punching small holes.
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1. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
2. A river in northern England that flows southeast through West Yorkshire.
3. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
4. Group insurance that entitles members to services of participating hospitals and clinics and physicians.
5. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
6. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
7. Humorously vulgar.
8. An awkward stupid person.
9. A family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southeastern Asia.
10. (Hindu) A manner of sitting (as in the practice of Yoga).
18. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
19. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
20. A native-born Israeli.
23. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
26. Unknown god.
27. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
30. A medicinal drug used to evoke vomiting (especially in cases of drug overdose or poisoning).
31. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
33. Any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia.
37. In bed.
38. A small cake leavened with yeast.
40. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
42. A pouch in many birds and some lower animals that resembles a stomach for storage and preliminary maceration of food.
43. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
48. A gray lustrous metallic element of the rare earth group.
50. A radioactive transuranic element that is similar to uranium.
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