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1. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
4. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
8. Rare (usually fatal) brain disease (usually in middle age) caused by an unidentified slow virus.
11. The act of slowing down or falling behind.
12. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
13. European strong-scented perennial herb with gray-green bitter-tasting leaves.
14. French cabaret singer (1915-1963).
15. English monk and scholar (672-735).
17. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
20. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
22. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
23. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
25. Flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes.
26. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
27. Diurnal bird of prey typically having short rounded wings and a long tail.
30. Of or like a cecum.
34. A member of a Caddo people formerly living in north central Texas.
39. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
40. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
41. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
44. (Babylonian) The sky god.
45. A machine-readable version of a standard dictionary.
46. Heal or recover.
47. A doctor's degree in education.
48. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
49. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
50. The capital and largest city of Japan.
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1. First in order of importance.
2. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
3. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
4. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
5. Airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc..
6. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
7. A small cake leavened with yeast.
8. Of or relating to a creed.
9. An ancient kingdom of southern Palestine with Jerusalem as its center.
10. An administrator in charge of a division of a university or college.
16. Someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential).
18. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
19. A person who announces and plays popular recorded music.
21. An archaic name for Easter or Passover.
24. A group of African language in the Niger-Congo group spoken from the Ivory Coast east to Nigeria.
28. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
29. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
31. A group of biological taxa or species that share features inherited from a common ancestor.
32. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
33. A mountain peak in the Andes in Argentina (20,997 feet high).
35. A United Nations agency created to assist developing nations by loans guaranteed by member governments.
36. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
37. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
38. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
42. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
43. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
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