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1. A light touch or stroke.
4. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
8. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
11. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
12. A city in northwestern Syria.
13. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
14. Measuring instrument in which the echo of a pulse of microwave radiation is used to detect and locate distant objects.
16. German chemist who did research on high-speed chemical reactions (born in 1927).
17. An associate degree in nursing.
19. An overwhelming feeling of wonder or admiration.
20. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
23. A public promotion of some product or service.
25. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
26. A telegram sent abroad.
30. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
32. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
34. A small cake leavened with yeast.
35. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
36. A Russian river.
37. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
38. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
40. Being nine more than ninety.
43. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
49. Type genus of the family Myacidae.
50. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
51. A collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn.
52. An associate degree in applied science.
53. A guided missile fired from shipboard against an airborne target.
54. Lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise.
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1. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
2. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
3. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
4. Any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue.
5. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
6. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
7. A medicinal drug used to evoke vomiting (especially in cases of drug overdose or poisoning).
8. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
9. Again but in a new or different way.
10. Something causes misery or death.
15. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
18. Tropical American tree producing cacao beans.
21. Area around the altar of a church for the clergy and choir.
22. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
24. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
27. A flexible container with a single opening.
28. 16 ounces.
29. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
31. The compass point that is one point west of due south.
33. In the same place (used when citing a reference).
39. Common Indian weaverbird.
40. A public promotion of some product or service.
41. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
42. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
44. The network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal function.
45. The portion of the vertebrate nervous system consisting of the brain and spinal cord.
46. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
47. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
48. The month following February and preceding April.
49. Military action involving the use of electromagnetic energy to determine or exploit or reduce or prevent hostile use of the electromagnetic spectrum.
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