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1. A contagious skin infection caused by the itch mite.
5. A chronic drinker.
8. The compass point that is one point south of due east.
11. A challenge to do something dangerous or foolhardy.
12. The month following March and preceding May.
13. (Scotland) A small loaf or roll of soft bread.
14. Very dark black.
15. (used as a combining form) Recent or new.
16. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
17. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
20. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
22. (folklore) A small grotesque supernatural creature that makes trouble for human beings.
24. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
28. The (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb.
30. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
31. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
34. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
35. (Irish) The sea personified.
36. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
42. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
43. The cry made by sheep.
44. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
45. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
47. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
49. Imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy.
50. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
51. A human limb.
52. An insecticide that is also toxic to animals and humans.
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1. The content of cognition.
2. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
3. Electronic equipment that provides visual images of varying electrical quantities.
4. Adult female chicken.
5. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
6. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
7. A medicated lozenge used to soothe the throat.
8. The compass point that is one point north of due east.
9. A small cake leavened with yeast.
10. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
18. 1/10 gram.
19. The large trunk artery that carries blood from the left ventricle of the heart to branch arteries.
21. The residue that remains when something is burned.
23. A long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur.
25. A public promotion of some product or service.
26. A radioactive transuranic element.
27. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
29. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
32. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
33. Any of several tall tropical palms native to southeastern Asia having egg-shaped nuts.
34. Adult female chicken.
37. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
38. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
39. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
40. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
41. A loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion.
46. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
48. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
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