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1. (music) The pace of music measured by the number of beats occurring in 60 seconds.
4. A small cake leavened with yeast.
8. A small piece of cloth.
11. An awkward stupid person.
12. One of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes.
13. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
14. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
16. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
17. A sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow).
18. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
23. (of persons) Highest in rank or authority or office.
25. The cry made by sheep.
29. Extremely pleasing.
30. How long something has existed.
31. An interest followed with exaggerated zeal.
33. An associate degree in applied science.
35. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
38. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
42. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
46. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
47. (prefix) Bad or erroneous or lack of.
49. A recurring sleep state during which dreaming occurs.
50. The residue that remains when something is burned.
51. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
52. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
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1. Greenish-yellow pear.
2. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
3. A master's degree in fine arts.
4. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
5. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
6. (informal) Exceptionally good.
7. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
8. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
9. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
10. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
15. A small ball with a hole through the middle.
19. Informal terms for a mother.
20. A light touch or stroke.
21. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
22. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
24. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
26. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
27. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
28. A bachelor's degree in religion.
32. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
34. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
36. (Greek mythology) Goddess of discord.
37. A vigorous blow.
39. A sensation (as of a cold breeze or bright light) that precedes the onset of certain disorders such as a migraine attack or epileptic seizure.
40. A primeval personification of air and breath.
41. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
43. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
44. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
45. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
48. An informal term for a father.
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