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1. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
4. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
8. A caustic detergent useful for removing grease.
11. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
12. A French abbot.
13. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
14. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
15. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
16. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
17. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
19. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
21. Destruction of heart tissue resulting from obstruction of the blood supply to the heart muscle.
23. A constitutional monarchy on the western part of the islands of Samoa in the South Pacific.
26. The capital of Croatia.
29. A slender double-reed instrument.
31. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
32. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
33. A light touch or stroke.
36. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
38. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
42. An informal term for a father.
43. The 19th letter of the Greek alphabet.
45. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
47. Taken or to be taken at random.
49. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
50. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
51. The part of an organism that connects the head to the rest of the body.
52. The cry made by sheep.
53. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
54. The content of cognition.
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1. In the Roman calendar.
2. A collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn.
3. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
4. Small genus of shrubs and lianas and trees of Africa and Madagascar.
5. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
6. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
7. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
8. A member of a Slavic people who settled in Serbia and neighboring areas in the 6th and 7th centuries.
9. A Russian river.
10. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
18. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
20. At or constituting a border or edge.
22. The unit of frequency.
24. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
25. Characteristic of a mob.
27. Similar or related in quality or character.
28. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
30. 1,000,000,000 periods per second.
34. With rapid movements.
35. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
37. A small cake leavened with yeast.
39. Not in action or at work.
40. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
41. God of fire.
44. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
46. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
48. Having any of numerous bright or strong colors reminiscent of the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies.
49. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
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