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1. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
4. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
8. (usually followed by `to' or `for') On the point of or strongly disposed.
11. A humorous anecdote or remark.
12. The basic unit of money on Malta.
13. The United Nations agency concerned with the interests of labor.
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 compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
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.
22. Egyptian statesman who (as President of Egypt) negotiated a peace treaty with Menachem Begin of Israel (1918-1981).
25. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
26. The face of a timepiece.
29. A woman of refinement.
33. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
35. Type genus of the Otariidae.
37. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
38. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
41. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
42. Having any of numerous bright or strong colors reminiscent of the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies.
44. A small cake leavened with yeast.
46. A strong emotion.
47. The basic unit of electric current adopted under the System International d'Unites.
48. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
49. Any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue.
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1. Highly excited.
2. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
3. Advanced in years.
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. In the Arabian Nights a hero who tells of the fantastic adventures he had in his voyages.
9. A river in central Europe that arises in northwestern Czechoslovakia and flows northward through Germany to empty into the North Sea.
10. Having a toe or toes of a specified kind.
18. Feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and being unable to roar.
19. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
20. An Anatolian language.
21. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
23. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
24. Fallow deer.
27. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
28. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
30. A distinguishing feature of one's personal nature.
31. A small faint zodiacal constellation in the southern hemisphere.
32. An athlete who plays basketball.
34. A complex red organic pigment containing iron and other atoms to which oxygen binds.
36. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
39. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
40. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
41. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
43. A person forced to flee from home or country.
45. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
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