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1. A reptile genus of Iguanidae.
4. An informal term for a father.
8. Not reflecting light.
11. (used especially of commodities) In the natural unprocessed condition.
12. Fermented alcoholic beverage brewed from malt and hops.
13. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
14. The compass point that is one point north of due east.
15. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
16. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
17. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
23. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
25. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
30. Jordan's port.
33. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
34. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
35. Extremely pleasing.
38. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
42. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
44. A resource.
48. The emotion of hate.
49. The cry made by sheep.
50. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
51. Lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise.
52. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
53. The United Nations agency concerned with the international organization of food and agriculture.
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1. The chief solid component of mammalian urine.
2. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
3. Slender bristlelike appendage found on the bracts of grasses.
4. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
5. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
6. Lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing wholly or in part.
7. A human limb.
8. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
9. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
10. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
18. Jordan's port.
19. A bachelor's degree in religion.
20. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
21. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
22. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
24. The atomic weight of an element that has the same combining capacity as a given weight of another element.
26. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
27. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
28. A Russian river.
29. Of or related to the genital and urinary organs or their functions.
31. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
32. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
36. The sixth month of the civil year.
37. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
39. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
40. A small cake leavened with yeast.
41. Projectiles to be fired from a gun.
43. A young woman making her debut into society.
45. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
46. A light touch or stroke.
47. The airforce of Great Britain.
48. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
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