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1. An ancient Assyrian city on the River Tigris and traditional capital of Assyria.
5. An edge tool used to cut and shape wood.
8. A number of sheets of paper fastened together along one edge.
11. God of love and erotic desire.
12. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
13. A strong emotion.
14. Lower in esteem.
16. (Greek mythology) One of the three Graces.
17. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
18. A very light colorless element that is one of the six inert gasses.
19. A radioactive element of the alkali-metal group discovered as a disintegration product of actinium.
20. An interest followed with exaggerated zeal.
21. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
24. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
28. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
31. A republic in West Africa on the Gulf of Guinea.
33. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
34. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
35. A person who announces and plays popular recorded music.
36. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
39. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
44. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
45. A lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood.
48. How long something has existed.
50. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
51. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
52. A South American shrub whose leaves are chewed by natives of the Andes.
53. An adherent of any branch of Taoism.
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1. Jordan's port.
2. American dwarf fan palms.
3. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
4. Imprudently incurring risk.
5. A state in northwestern North America.
6. Lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing wholly or in part.
7. The capital of Croatia.
8. A cadenced trot executed by the horse in one spot.
9. An elaborate song for solo voice.
10. No longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life.
15. The branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication.
22. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
23. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
25. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
26. Profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger.
27. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
29. A soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element.
30. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
32. Not divisible by two.
37. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
38. In bed.
39. The residue that remains when something is burned.
40. In addition.
41. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
42. A small cake leavened with yeast.
43. Fabric dyed with splotches of green and brown and black and tan.
46. The last (12th) month of the year.
47. Nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate.
48. A state in midwestern United States.
49. One million periods per second.
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