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1. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
4. A small cake leavened with yeast.
8. Inquire about.
11. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
12. A British peer ranking below a Marquess and above a Viscount.
13. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
14. Electronic warfare undertaken under direct control of an operational commander to locate sources of radiated electromagnetic energy for the purpose of immediate threat recognition.
15. The phenomenon of resistance to motion through a fluid.
16. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
17. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
19. A member of an agricultural people in southeastern India.
21. An informal term for a father.
24. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
25. Water frozen in the solid state.
27. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
30. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
32. A genus of Ploceidae.
35. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
36. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
39. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
40. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
42. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
43. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
44. Austrian physicist and philosopher who introduced the Mach number and who founded logical positivism (1838-1916).
46. An open box attached to a long pole handle.
49. A linear unit (1/6 inch) used in printing.
50. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
51. An anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions.
52. An unforeseen obstacle.
53. A decree that prohibits something.
54. (Scotland) A small loaf or roll of soft bread.
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1. Assist or encourage, usually in some wrongdoing.
2. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for aviation and spaceflight.
3. A large fleet.
4. A piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep.
5. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
6. (informal) Exceptionally good.
7. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
8. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
9. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
10. God of love and erotic desire.
18. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
20. A young woman making her debut into society.
22. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
23. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
26. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
28. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
29. A public promotion of some product or service.
31. A port city in southwestern Iran.
33. At full speed.
34. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
37. Type genus of the Gavidae.
38. A unit of current equal to 10 amperes.
41. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
42. A small piece of cloth.
45. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
47. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
48. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
49. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
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