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1. Marked by the reception of pay.
5. Before noon.
7. An indistinct shapeless form.
11. An annual award for outstanding achievements in television.
12. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
13. A small cake leavened with yeast.
14. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
15. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
16. In bed.
20. A coenzyme derived from the B vitamin nicotinic acid.
22. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
25. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
26. A small constellation in the polar region of the southern hemisphere near the Southern Cross and Chamaeleon.
29. Used of a single unit or thing.
30. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity equal to 10 decibels.
31. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
38. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
42. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
43. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
44. A town in north central Oklahoma.
46. An associate degree in applied science.
47. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
48. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
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1. Large dark brown North American arboreal carnivorous mammal.
2. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
3. To fix or set securely or deeply.
4. Two items of the same kind.
5. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
6. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
7. Any of various units of capacity.
8. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
9. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
10. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
17. The cry made by sheep.
18. A pointed instrument used to prod into motion.
19. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
21. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
23. Informal terms for a mother.
24. Made agreeably cold (especially by ice).
27. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
28. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
32. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
33. The (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb.
34. Scottish sea captain who was hired to protect British shipping in the Indian Ocean and then was accused of piracy and hanged (1645-1701).
35. A state in New England.
36. Fastener consisting of a resinous composition that is plastic when warm.
37. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
39. Any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes.
40. A beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water.
41. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
45. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
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