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1. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
5. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
8. A doctor's degree in dental surgery.
11. African tree with edible yellow fruit resembling mangos.
12. A federation of North American labor unions that merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955.
13. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
14. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
15. The cry made by sheep.
17. A public promotion of some product or service.
19. Informal terms for a mother.
20. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
22. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
23. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
28. Melon having yellowish rind and whitish flesh.
32. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
33. The act of scanning.
34. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
35. A lyric poem with complex stanza forms.
37. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
39. 1/10 gram.
45. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
47. An accountant certified by the state.
49. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
50. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
52. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
54. Infectious disease caused by a species of chlamydia bacterium.
55. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
56. A flexible container with a single opening.
57. The compass point midway between east and southeast.
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1. American Revolutionary patriot.
2. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
3. A state in northwestern North America.
4. A light touch or stroke.
5. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
6. A substance produced by the hypothalamus that is capable of accelerating the secretion of a given hormone by the anterior pituitary gland.
7. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
8. A person forced to flee from home or country.
9. Fallow deer.
10. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
16. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
18. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
21. Tropical American tree producing cacao beans.
24. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
25. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
26. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
27. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
29. The compass point midway between south and southeast.
30. A physician who is not a specialist but treats all illnesses.
31. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
36. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
38. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
40. One-hundredth of a right angle.
41. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
42. A strong wind moving 45-90 knots.
43. Oval reproductive body of a fowl (especially a hen) used as food.
44. An extravagantly enthusiastic review.
46. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
48. (British) Tavern consisting of a building with a bar and public rooms.
51. Before noon.
53. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
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