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1. A device for creating a current of air by movement of a surface or surfaces.
4. A book of the New Testament.
8. An associate degree in applied science.
11. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
12. Swiss painter influenced by Kandinsky (1879-1940).
13. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
14. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
17. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
18. A public promotion of some product or service.
19. An associate degree in nursing.
20. In bed.
23. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
24. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
25. Goddess of war.
27. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
28. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
31. A woman's dress style that imitates the caftan cloaks worn by men in the Near East.
34. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
38. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
39. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
40. An Indian nursemaid who looks after children.
42. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
44. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
46. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
47. Bulky grayish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail.
50. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
51. Any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes.
52. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
53. Extinct flightless bird of New Zealand.
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1. A tax on employees and employers that is used to fund the Social Security system.
2. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
3. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
4. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
5. Being five more than one hundred fifty.
6. A native American tent.
7. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
8. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
9. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
10. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
15. 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.
16. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
21. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
22. German musician who developed a system for teaching music to children (1895-1982).
26. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
29. (electronics) Of a circuit or device having an output that is proportional to the input.
30. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
32. The capital and largest city of Ghana with a deep-water port.
33. The bill in a restaurant.
35. The cry made by sheep.
36. Tropical American tree producing cacao beans.
37. Green algae common in freshwater lakes of limestone districts.
41. (cosmology) The original matter that (according to the big bang theory) existed before the formation of the chemical elements.
42. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
43. The part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands.
45. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
48. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
49. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
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