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1. (Roman mythology) Goddess of abundance and fertility.
4. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring in the air.
7. The compass point that is one point south of southwest.
11. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
12. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
13. The face of a timepiece.
14. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
16. Type genus of the family Myacidae.
18. 100 pyas equal 1 kyat.
19. God of love and erotic desire.
20. A flexible container with a single opening.
21. Take in solid food.
22. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
24. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
26. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
29. English writer and a central member of the Fabian Society (1858-1943).
33. A landlocked republic in eastern Africa.
37. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
38. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
40. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
43. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
48. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
49. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
51. An informal term for a father.
52. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
53. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
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1. A city in the Asian part of Russia.
2. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
3. A fraudulent business scheme.
4. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
5. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
6. Joint capital (with Mecca) of Saudi Arabia located in the central oasis.
7. A state in north central United States.
8. The act of rubbing or wiping.
9. Common Indian weaverbird.
10. A thin strip (wood or metal).
15. A light touch or stroke.
17. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
23. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
25. A group of African language in the Niger-Congo group spoken from the Ivory Coast east to Nigeria.
27. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
28. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
30. (Old Testament) Adam's wife in Judeo-Christian mythology.
31. A heavy brittle diamagnetic trivalent metallic element (resembles arsenic and antimony chemically).
32. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
34. Tag the base runner to get him out.
35. A large fleet.
36. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
39. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
40. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
41. A small cake leavened with yeast.
42. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
44. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
45. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
46. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
47. (Scotland) A small loaf or roll of soft bread.
50. An uproarious party.
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