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1. The cry made by sheep.
4. Fiddler crabs.
7. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
11. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
12. French writer whose novels described the sordid side of city life (1804-1857).
13. The sixth month of the civil year.
14. Electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field.
15. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
16. A collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn.
17. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
20. A member of a Mayan people of southwestern Guatemala.
21. The act of escaping physically.
24. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
27. An officer of the law.
30. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
32. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
33. A master's degree in business.
35. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
36. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
38. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
43. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
45. Liquid containing proteins and electrolytes including the liquid in blood plasma and interstitial fluid.
47. An enzyme that catalyzes the oxidation of many body compounds (e.g., epinephrine and norepinephrine and serotonin).
48. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
50. A Russian river.
52. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
53. A state in southeastern United States.
54. A branch of the Tai languages.
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1. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
2. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
3. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
4. North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean.
5. Having three dimensions.
6. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
7. 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.
8. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
9. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
10. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
18. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
19. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
22. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
23. Military action involving the use of electromagnetic energy to determine or exploit or reduce or prevent hostile use of the electromagnetic spectrum.
25. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
26. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
28. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
29. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
31. Extremely pleasing.
34. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
37. A small nail.
39. (in Gnosticism) A divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe.
40. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
41. A small cake leavened with yeast.
42. An utterance expressing pain or disapproval.
44. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
46. Counting the number of white and red blood cells and the number of platelets in 1 cubic millimeter of blood.
49. A public promotion of some product or service.
51. An honorary degree in science.
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