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1. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
5. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
7. Oval reproductive body of a fowl (especially a hen) used as food.
11. (Babylonian) A goddess of the watery deep and daughter of Ea.
12. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
13. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
14. German tennis player who won seven women's singles titles at Wimbledon (born in 1969).
15. A decree that prohibits something.
17. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
18. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
19. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
22. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
23. Liquid containing proteins and electrolytes including the liquid in blood plasma and interstitial fluid.
24. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
25. A public promotion of some product or service.
28. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
32. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
35. (British) An informer or spy working for the police.
36. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
37. Being one hundred more than three hundred.
38. Extremely pleasing.
41. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
44. By bad luck.
46. An informal term for a father.
49. The emotion of hate.
50. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
51. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
52. A gully that is shallower than a ravine.
53. Tag the base runner to get him out.
54. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
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1. The space between two lines or planes that intersect.
2. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
3. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
4. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
5. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
6. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
7. The longest division of geological time.
8. A physician who is not a specialist but treats all illnesses.
9. Footwear usually with wooden soles.
10. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
16. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
20. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
21. A state in southeastern United States.
26. An artistic form of nonverbal communication.
27. The residue that remains when something is burned.
29. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
30. A hard brittle blue-white multivalent metallic element.
31. A state in northwestern North America.
33. A port city in southwestern Iran.
34. A winged often one-seed indehiscent fruit as of the ash or elm or maple.
39. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
40. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
42. A small cake leavened with yeast.
43. Fallow deer.
45. Fasten by sewing.
47. A light touch or stroke.
48. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
49. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
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