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1. How long something has existed.
4. A book of the New Testament.
8. The compass point that is one point south of due east.
11. A reproach for some lapse or misdeed.
12. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
13. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
14. By bad luck.
16. A decree that prohibits something.
17. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
18. Unknown god.
19. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
21. (psychophysics) The difference between two stimuli that (under properly controlled experimental conditions) is detected as often as it is undetected.
24. Being one hundred more than three hundred.
25. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
26. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
33. Praise, glorify, or honor.
35. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
36. A human limb.
37. East Indian silk cotton tree yielding fibers inferior to kapok.
41. Not only so, but.
42. A sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow).
44. A hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers.
47. An associate degree in applied science.
48. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
49. The face of a timepiece.
50. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
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1. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
2. Offering fun and gaiety.
3. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
4. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
5. 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.
6. A beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water.
7. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
8. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
9. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
10. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
15. In the Arabian Nights a hero who tells of the fantastic adventures he had in his voyages.
20. Thorny shrub or small tree common in central Argentina having small orange or yellow flowers followed by edible berries.
22. The district occupied entirely by the city of Washington.
23. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
27. A light touch or stroke.
28. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
29. A metric unit of volume equal to one tenth of a liter.
30. All of the inhabitants of the earth.
31. South American shrub having edible greenish plumlike fruit.
32. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
34. A particular environment or walk of life.
35. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
38. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
39. A small cake leavened with yeast.
40. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
43. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
44. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
45. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
46. A doctor's degree in religion.
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