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1. An enclosed space.
4. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
8. A secret agent hired by a state to obtain (military) information about its enemies or by a business to obtain industrial secrets from competitors.
11. System of measurement based on centimeters and grams and seconds.
12. Young of domestic cattle.
13. (meaning literally `born') Used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman.
14. An associate degree in nursing.
17. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
18. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
20. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
21. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
22. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
24. A sheet or band of fibrous connective tissue separating or binding together muscles and organs etc.
29. (informal) Of the highest quality.
30. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
34. The cry made by sheep.
36. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
39. An anti-TNF compound (trade name Arava) that is given orally.
43. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
46. Primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needle-like teeth.
47. (prefix) Bad or erroneous or lack of.
49. Step on it.
50. The residue that remains when something is burned.
51. Any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae.
52. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
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1. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
2. God of fire.
3. A soft silver-white ductile metallic element (liquid at normal temperatures).
4. Any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia.
5. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
6. First in order of importance.
7. A master's degree in fine arts.
8. A silvery malleable metallic element that resists corrosion.
9. Having nine hinged bands of bony plates.
10. Not only so, but.
15. City in southwestern Colombia in a rich agricultural area.
16. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
19. Any competition.
23. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
25. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
26. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
27. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
28. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
31. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
32. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
33. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
35. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
37. (Greek mythology) Goddess of discord.
38. A vigorous blow.
40. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
41. Characteristic of false pride.
42. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
44. Any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species.
45. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
48. A soft gray ductile metallic element used in alloys.
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