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1. Type genus of the family Myacidae.
4. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
8. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
11. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
12. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
13. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
14. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
16. An anxiety disorder characterized by chronic free-floating anxiety and such symptoms as tension or sweating or trembling of light-headedness or irritability etc that has lasted for more than six months.
17. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
18. A genus of Limacidae.
21. A crystalline metallic element not found in nature.
24. Fallow deer.
28. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
29. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
30. Willing to face danger.
31. Relating to the deepest parts of the ocean (below 6000 meters).
36. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
38. A family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southeastern Asia.
40. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
41. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
45. A Hindu prince or king in India.
46. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
48. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
49. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
50. A doctor's degree in dental surgery.
51. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
52. A small cake leavened with yeast.
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1. The food served and eaten at one time.
2. A member of an extinct North American Indian people who lived in the Pit river valley in northern California.
3. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
4. A public promotion of some product or service.
5. 10 grams.
6. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
7. An informal term for a father.
8. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
9. Type genus of the Ranidae.
10. By bad luck.
15. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
19. Being ten more than eighty.
20. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
22. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
23. A human limb.
25. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
26. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
27. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
32. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
33. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
34. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
35. A crown-like jewelled headdress worn by women on formal occasions.
37. One of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes.
38. The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on.
39. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
42. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
43. A light touch or stroke.
44. Electronic warfare undertaken to prevent or reduce an enemy's effective use of the electromagnetic spectrum.
47. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
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