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1. Humble request for help.
5. A radioactive transuranic element.
7. South African term for `boss'.
11. (in Gnosticism) A divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe.
12. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
13. A Hindu prince or king in India.
14. A decree that prohibits something.
16. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
17. A state in northwestern North America.
20. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
23. (informal) Of the highest quality.
25. A family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southeastern Asia.
29. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
31. Of or relating to the stomach and intestines.
32. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
33. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
35. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
36. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
38. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
41. (computer science) A computer that is running software that allows users to leave messages and access information of general interest.
44. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
45. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
47. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
48. A federally sponsored corporation that insures accounts in national banks and other qualified institutions.
51. A heavy brittle diamagnetic trivalent metallic element (resembles arsenic and antimony chemically).
52. A small cake leavened with yeast.
54. A three-tone Chadic language.
55. A public promotion of some product or service.
56. In bed.
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1. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
2. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
3. The longest division of geological time.
4. An associate degree in nursing.
5. A Bantu language spoken by the Chaga people in northern Tanzania.
6. Extremely pleasing.
7. (informal) Exceptionally good.
8. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
9. Slightly open.
10. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
15. Informal terms for a (young) woman.
18. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
19. (Judaism) Sacred chest where the ancient Hebrews kept the two tablets containing the Ten Commandments.
21. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
22. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
24. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
26. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
27. Before noon.
28. A state in midwestern United States.
30. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
34. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
37. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
38. In operation or operational.
39. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
40. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
42. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
43. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
46. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
49. A heavy brittle metallic element of the platinum group.
50. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
53. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
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