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1. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
4. An informal term for a father.
8. The herpes virus that causes infectious mononucleosis.
11. The part of the skull of a vertebrate that frames the mouth and holds the teeth.
12. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
13. Of or relating to a member of the Buddhist people inhabiting the Mekong river in Laos and Thailand.
14. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
15. United States writer noted for his droll epigrams (1902-1971).
16. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
17. A state in midwestern United States.
19. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
22. A condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people.
25. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
26. The cry made by sheep.
27. Related to or located at the back.
29. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
31. An inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others.
33. Type genus of the Anatidae.
35. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
38. South African term for `boss'.
42. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
46. One of the most common of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
47. (prefix) Bad or erroneous or lack of.
49. A light touch or stroke.
50. The residue that remains when something is burned.
51. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
52. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
53. An associate degree in applied science.
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1. A genus of Platalea.
2. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
3. A pointed tool for marking surfaces or for punching small holes.
4. Fairly small terrestrial ferns of tropical America.
5. The sixth month of the civil year.
6. Any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes.
7. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
8. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
9. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
10. Relating to or designed for or using the singing voice.
18. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
20. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
21. A block of solid substance (such as soap or wax).
23. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
24. Very dark black.
28. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
30. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
32. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
34. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
36. (Greek mythology) Goddess of discord.
37. A vigorous blow.
39. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
40. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
41. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
43. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
44. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
45. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
48. Informal terms for a mother.
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