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1. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
5. A bachelor's degree in science.
7. God of love and erotic desire.
11. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
12. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
13. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
14. Designer drug designed to have the effects of amphetamines (it floods the brain with serotonin) but to avoid the drug laws.
15. (pathology) An elevation of the skin filled with serous fluid.
16. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
17. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
18. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
20. An Indian nursemaid who looks after children.
23. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
27. A gray tetravalent metallic element that resembles zirconium chemically and is found in zirconium minerals.
28. A large strong and aggressive woman.
30. Jordan's port.
36. Having branches.
38. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
39. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
40. Ancient Greek philosopher who formulated paradoxes that defended the belief that motion and change are illusory (circa 495-430 BC).
43. A hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers.
44. (computer science) A computer that is running software that allows users to leave messages and access information of general interest.
45. Fleshy and usually brightly colored cover of some seeds that develops from the ovule stalk and partially or entirely envelopes the seed.
46. A potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry.
47. An associate degree in applied science.
48. Type genus of the Hylidae.
49. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. (computer science) A standardized language for the descriptive markup of documents.
2. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
3. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
4. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
5. A small cake leavened with yeast.
6. The clock time given by a clock carried on board a spacecraft.
7. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
8. A public promotion of some product or service.
9. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
10. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
19. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
21. A metric unit of length equal to one hundredth of a meter.
22. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
24. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
25. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
26. A type of submachine gun that is designed and manufactured in Israel.
29. Brittle flat bread eaten at Passover.
31. A Bantu language spoken by the Kamba people in Kenya.
32. Collect or gather.
33. A member of a seafaring group of North American Indians who lived on the Pacific coast of British Columbia and southwestern Alaska.
34. The brightest star in Cygnus.
35. East Indian tart yellow berrylike fruit.
37. Suggestive of the supernatural.
42. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
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