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1. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
5. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
8. The compass point that is one point south of due east.
11. Tropical Asian starlings.
12. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
13. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
14. A small nail.
15. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
16. Type genus of the family Myacidae.
17. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
18. On a ship, train, plane or other vehicle.
21. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
22. Liquid containing proteins and electrolytes including the liquid in blood plasma and interstitial fluid.
26. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
30. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
32. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
34. An associate degree in applied science.
35. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
36. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
37. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
40. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
43. A close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities.
44. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
48. An (apparently) flying object whose nature is unknown.
49. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
51. A single-reed woodwind with a conical bore.
52. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
53. Divulge information or secrets.
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1. A leisurely walk (usually in some public place).
2. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
3. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
4. An informal term for a father.
5. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
6. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
7. The sixth month of the civil year.
8. Any of various trees of the genus Ulmus.
9. Common Indian weaverbird.
10. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
19. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity equal to 10 decibels.
20. Small cubes with 1 to 6 spots on the faces.
23. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
24. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
25. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
27. 10 grams.
28. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
29. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
31. (trademark) An antacid.
33. A small cake leavened with yeast.
38. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
39. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
41. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
42. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
45. A resource.
46. (informal) Roused to anger.
47. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
50. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
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