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1. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
5. How long something has existed.
8. The United Nations agency concerned with international maritime activities.
11. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
12. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
13. A period of time spent sleeping.
14. Used as a Hindi courtesy title.
17. A state in northwestern North America.
18. A master's degree in fine arts.
19. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
21. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
22. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
24. Tag the base runner to get him out.
27. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
30. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
32. South African term for `boss'.
35. A state in midwestern United States.
36. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
37. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
40. Being three more than sixty.
44. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
47. A proinflammatory cytokine that is produced by white blood cells (monocytes and macrophages).
48. Produced by a manufacturing process.
49. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
50. Liquid containing proteins and electrolytes including the liquid in blood plasma and interstitial fluid.
51. A primeval personification of air and breath.
52. A long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur.
53. The month following April and preceding June.
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1. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
2. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
3. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
4. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
5. A public promotion of some product or service.
6. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
7. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
8. Any tree or shrub of the genus Inga having pinnate leaves and showy usually white flowers.
9. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
10. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
15. A sign of something about to happen.
16. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
20. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
23. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
25. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
26. The cry made by sheep.
28. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
29. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
31. Quieten or silence (a sound) or make (an image) less visible.
33. (Greek mythology) One of the three Graces.
34. A single-reed woodwind with a conical bore.
38. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
39. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
41. A distinct part that can be specified separately in a group of things that could be enumerated on a list.
42. A ruler of the Inca Empire (or a member of his family).
43. (informal) Subject to accident or chance or change.
45. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
46. An adherent of any branch of Taoism.
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