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1. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
4. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
8. (computer science) A computer that is running software that allows users to leave messages and access information of general interest.
11. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
12. Small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body.
13. A watery solution of sugars, salts, and minerals that circulates through the vascular system of a plant.
14. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
15. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
16. The organ of sight (`peeper' is an informal term for `eye').
17. 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.
18. The United Nations agency concerned with the international organization of food and agriculture.
20. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
23. God of death.
26. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
31. Lower in esteem.
33. Away from the mouth or oral region.
35. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
36. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
37. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
39. (informal) Of the highest quality.
43. Take in solid food.
45. Praise, glorify, or honor.
49. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
50. Electronic warfare undertaken to insure effective friendly use of the electromagnetic spectrum in spite of the enemy's use of electronic warfare.
51. A master's degree in business.
52. An interest followed with exaggerated zeal.
53. Bony flesh of herring-like fish usually caught during their migration to fresh water for spawning.
54. Extremely pleasing.
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1. Highly excited.
2. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
3. In bed.
4. A public promotion of some product or service.
5. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
6. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
7. A young woman making her debut into society.
8. A fatal disease of cattle that affects the central nervous system.
9. Common Indian weaverbird.
10. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
19. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
21. Boiled or baked buckwheat.
22. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
24. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
25. The airforce of Great Britain.
27. The cry made by sheep.
28. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
29. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
30. A bachelor's degree in religion.
32. Imperial moths.
34. A unit of electrical resistance equal to the resistance between two points on a conductor when a potential difference of one volt between them produces a current of one ampere.
38. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
39. A piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep.
40. (used of count nouns) Every one considered individually.
41. A small cake leavened with yeast.
42. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
44. A slight amount or degree of difference.
46. Fiddler crabs.
47. A doctor's degree in dental medicine.
48. The rate at which energy is drawn from a source that produces a flow of electricity in a circuit.
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