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1. A bachelor's degree in naval science.
4. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
8. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
11. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
12. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
13. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
14. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
15. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
16. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
17. A small cake leavened with yeast.
20. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
23. A light touch or stroke.
24. (Roman mythology) Goddess of abundance and fertility.
27. The cry made by sheep.
29. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
30. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
32. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
35. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
37. The Mongol people living the the central and eastern parts of Outer Mongolia.
41. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
43. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
45. A branch of the Tai languages.
46. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
48. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
51. A master's degree in business.
52. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
53. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
54. Tag the base runner to get him out.
55. An interest followed with exaggerated zeal.
56. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
57. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. Divulge information or secrets.
2. Kamarupan languages spoken in northeastern India and western Burma.
3. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
4. Someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault.
5. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
6. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
7. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
8. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
9. Type genus of the Anatidae.
10. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
18. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
19. Informal terms for a mother.
21. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
22. An associate degree in applied science.
25. The 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
26. An enclosed space.
28. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
31. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
33. A state in northwestern North America.
34. Any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes.
36. A republic on the island of Malta in the Mediterranean.
37. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
38. A genus of Lamnidae.
39. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
40. Jordan's port.
42. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
43. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
44. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
47. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
49. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
50. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
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