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1. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
5. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
8. Someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential).
11. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
12. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
13. Primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needle-like teeth.
14. An informal term for a father.
15. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
16. A type of submachine gun that is designed and manufactured in Israel.
17. (electronics) Of a circuit or device having an output that is proportional to the input.
19. Affect with wonder.
21. The airforce of Great Britain.
23. Botswanan statesman who was the first president of Botswana (1921-1980).
25. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
29. A public promotion of some product or service.
31. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
32. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
36. The cry made by sheep.
41. 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.
42. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
43. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
45. An enclosed space.
47. A Loloish language.
49. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
50. Either extremity of something that has length.
51. Concerning those not members of the clergy.
52. A coral reef off the southern coast of Florida.
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1. A quantity of no importance.
2. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
3. A member of an agricultural people of southern India.
4. Using speech rather than writing.
5. God of wealth and love.
6. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
7. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
8. Largest known toad species.
9. Harass with persistent criticism or carping.
10. Soft creamy white cheese.
18. Toward the mouth or oral region.
20. A master's degree in fine arts.
22. A state in southeastern United States between the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico.
24. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
26. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
27. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
28. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
30. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
33. A formal expression of praise.
34. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
35. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
36. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
37. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
38. A member of an extinct North American Indian people who lived in the Pit river valley in northern California.
39. Having nine hinged bands of bony plates.
40. Being or befitting or characteristic of an infant.
44. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
46. Being one hundred more than three hundred.
48. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
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