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1. Any of various units of capacity.
4. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.
7. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
11. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
12. A conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures.
13. Advanced in years.
14. The bill in a restaurant.
15. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
16. A quantity of no importance.
17. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
21. A Loloish language.
23. The scum formed by oxidation at the surface of molten metals.
25. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
29. God of wealth and love.
32. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
34. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
35. Roman statesman and philosopher who was and advisor to Nero (circa 4 BC - 65 AD).
40. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
44. A light touch or stroke.
45. An informal term for a father.
47. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
48. Any of various systems of units for measuring electricity and magnetism.
49. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
50. Any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes.
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1. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
2. (informal) Exceptionally good.
3. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
4. A fit of shivering.
5. An alloy of copper and zinc (and sometimes arsenic) used to imitate gold in cheap jewelry and for gilding.
6. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
7. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
8. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
9. English monk and scholar (672-735).
10. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
18. Popular music originating in the West Indies.
19. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
20. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
22. Scottish sea captain who was hired to protect British shipping in the Indian Ocean and then was accused of piracy and hanged (1645-1701).
24. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
26. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
27. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
28. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
30. Submit or yield to another's wish or opinion.
31. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
33. A state in midwestern United States.
36. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
37. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
38. A small cake leavened with yeast.
39. Type genus of the Anatidae.
41. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
42. The cry made by sheep.
43. An informal term for a father.
44. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
46. A public promotion of some product or service.
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