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1. A castrated tomcat.
4. An informal term for a father.
7. On, to, or at the top.
11. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
12. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
13. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
14. Take in solid food.
15. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
16. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
17. Jordan's port.
21. Extremely pleasing.
26. In bed.
30. Jordan's port.
32. 16 ounces.
34. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
35. A light touch or stroke.
36. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
37. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
39. An awkward stupid person.
41. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
44. An aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect.
46. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
48. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
49. Tropical Asian starlings.
50. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
52. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
53. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
54. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
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1. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
2. A republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
3. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
4. A collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn.
5. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
6. Lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing wholly or in part.
7. An associate degree in nursing.
8. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
9. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
10. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
18. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
19. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
20. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
22. A state in northwestern North America.
23. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
24. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
25. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
27. A small cake leavened with yeast.
28. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
29. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
31. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
33. A member of an agricultural people of southern India.
38. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
40. King of Saudi Arabia since 1982 (born in 1922).
42. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
43. A French abbot.
45. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
47. An adult male person (as opposed to a woman).
51. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
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