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1. In a murderous frenzy as if possessed by a demon.
5. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
7. Distinctive and stylish elegance.
11. A strong wind moving 45-90 knots.
12. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
13. An Eskimo hut.
14. Agency of the United States government charged with mediating disputes between management and labor.
15. An associate degree in nursing.
16. A barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports.
17. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
19. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
20. Informal terms for a mother.
21. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
23. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
25. One of the most common of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
28. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
29. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
32. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
36. Being ten more than one hundred forty.
37. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
38. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
40. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
45. An awkward stupid person.
47. Capital and largest city of Iraq.
50. Type genus of the family Myacidae.
51. Designer drug designed to have the effects of amphetamines (it floods the brain with serotonin) but to avoid the drug laws.
53. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
54. A decree that prohibits something.
55. Having or denoting a low vocal or instrumental range.
56. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
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1. God of fire.
2. The 4th planet from the sun.
3. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
4. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
5. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
6. A large building at an airport where aircraft can be stored and maintained.
7. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
8. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
9. Being of delicate or slender build.
10. A Polynesian rain dance performed by a woman.
18. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
22. The income arising from land or other property.
24. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
26. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
27. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
30. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
31. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances.
33. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
34. A state in midwestern United States.
35. 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.
39. Common Indian weaverbird.
41. One of the jointed appendages of an animal used for locomotion or grasping.
42. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
43. A small cake leavened with yeast.
44. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
46. A device for creating a current of air by movement of a surface or surfaces.
48. An associate degree in applied science.
49. A light touch or stroke.
52. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
53. Primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needle-like teeth.
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