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1. The month following February and preceding April.
4. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
7. An informal term for a father.
11. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
12. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
13. Toward the mouth or oral region.
14. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
16. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
17. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
20. A member of a Mayan people of southwestern Guatemala.
21. Flesh of large European flatfish.
24. A young woman making her debut into society.
27. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
28. One of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
29. Common Indian weaverbird.
31. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
34. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
35. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
39. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
43. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
44. The cry made by sheep.
46. A small cake leavened with yeast.
47. A submachine gun operated by gas pressure.
49. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
51. A conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures.
52. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
53. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
54. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. God of death.
2. Type genus of the Anatidae.
3. British dominion over India (1757-1947).
4. A light touch or stroke.
5. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
6. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
7. A member of the genus Canis (probably descended from the common wolf) that has been domesticated by man since prehistoric times.
8. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
9. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
10. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
15. An abnormally large amount of this fetoprotein in the fetus can signal an abnormality of the neural tube (as spina bifida or anencephaly).
18. City in southwestern Colombia in a rich agricultural area.
19. The district occupied entirely by the city of Washington.
22. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
23. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
25. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
26. Minor or subordinate.
30. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
32. A master's degree in business.
33. An aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect.
36. An ancient city in northern Portugal.
37. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
38. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
40. One of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes.
41. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
42. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
45. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
48. A yellow trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
50. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
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