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1. An accountant certified by the state.
4. A fine grained mineral having a soft soapy feel and consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate.
8. An insecticide that is also toxic to animals and humans.
11. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
12. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
13. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
14. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
16. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
17. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
18. God of love and erotic desire.
19. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
21. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
22. German dramatist (1813-1863).
25. (informal) Of the highest quality.
28. The cry made by sheep.
29. A light touch or stroke.
32. Of or like a cecum.
34. An informal term for a father.
37. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
38. The law enforcement agency in the Justice Department.
39. A unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns.
40. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
42. An enclosed space.
48. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
50. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
51. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
52. A tight-fitting headdress.
55. Counting the number of white and red blood cells and the number of platelets in 1 cubic millimeter of blood.
56. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
57. Again but in a new or different way.
58. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
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1. The quantity a cask will hold.
2. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
3. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
4. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
5. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
6. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
7. Soreness and warmth caused by friction.
8. Small cubes with 1 to 6 spots on the faces.
9. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
10. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
15. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
20. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
23. The principal evil jinni in Islamic mythology.
24. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
26. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
27. Liquid containing proteins and electrolytes including the liquid in blood plasma and interstitial fluid.
30. A public promotion of some product or service.
31. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
33. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
35. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
36. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
41. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
42. The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on.
43. (in Gnosticism) A divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe.
44. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
45. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
46. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
47. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
49. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
53. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
54. Military action involving the use of electromagnetic energy to determine or exploit or reduce or prevent hostile use of the electromagnetic spectrum.
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