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1. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
5. A fatal disease of cattle that affects the central nervous system.
8. The compass point that is one point south of due east.
11. Avatar of Vishnu.
12. (informal) Of the highest quality.
13. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
14. In bed.
15. A flexible container with a single opening.
16. Type genus of the family Myacidae.
17. A decree that prohibits something.
20. A public promotion of some product or service.
24. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
28. Any of various minerals consisting of hydrous silicates of aluminum or potassium etc. that crystallize in forms that allow perfect cleavage into very thin leaves.
30. A unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns.
31. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
32. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
35. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
37. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
40. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
41. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
43. A town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern Mediterranean.
47. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
48. United States physiologist (born in Germany) who did research on parthenogenesis (1859-1924).
49. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
50. An interest followed with exaggerated zeal.
51. A steep rugged rock or cliff.
52. Any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse.
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1. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
2. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
3. A primeval personification of air and breath.
4. An informal term for a father.
5. A small cake leavened with yeast.
6. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
7. A graphical record of electrical activity of the brain.
8. Any of various trees of the genus Ulmus.
9. Common Indian weaverbird.
10. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
18. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
19. 10 grams.
21. Jordan's port.
22. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
23. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
25. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
26. Hormone produced early in pregnancy by the placenta.
27. An angular shape characterized by sharp turns in alternating directions.
29. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
33. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
34. On the move.
36. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
37. The force of workers available.
38. A fine grained mineral having a soft soapy feel and consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate.
39. 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. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
44. An ancient Hebrew unit of capacity equal to 10 baths or 10 ephahs.
45. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
46. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
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