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1. (obstetrics) The number of live-born children a woman has delivered.
5. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
7. A ruler of the Inca Empire (or a member of his family).
11. Lacking sufficient water or rainfall.
12. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
13. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
14. A small cake leavened with yeast.
15. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
16. A Russian river.
17. The fourth month of the Hindu calendar.
18. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
20. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
23. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
25. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
28. A small cut of meat including part of a rib.
30. Long and thin and often limp.
31. An ester of adenosine that is converted to ATP for energy storage.
34. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
35. Do something that one considers to be below one's dignity.
36. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
40. (informal) Of the highest quality.
41. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
45. An associate degree in applied science.
46. An international organization created in 1949 by the North Atlantic Treaty for purposes of collective security.
48. A conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures.
49. Government agency created in 1974 to license and regulate nuclear power plants.
50. (old-fashioned) At or from or to a great distance.
51. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
52. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
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1. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
2. A river that rises in northeastern Turkey (near the source of the Euphrates) and flows generally eastward through Armenia to the Caspian Sea.
3. Humorously vulgar.
4. The sixth month of the civil year.
5. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
6. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
7. Not in good physical or mental health.
8. (meaning literally `born') Used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman.
9. (astronomy) An indistinct surface feature of Mars once thought to be a system of channels.
10. Jordan's port.
19. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
21. A visual representation of an object or scene or person produced on a surface.
22. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
24. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
26. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
27. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
29. The (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb.
32. Coffee with the caffeine removed.
33. A representation of the Virgin Mary mourning over the dead body of Jesus.
37. Type genus of the Ranidae.
38. One of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes.
39. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
42. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
43. The cry made by sheep.
44. The month following March and preceding May.
47. A state in northwestern United States on the Pacific.
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