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1. In bed.
5. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
7. A male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917).
11. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
12. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
13. A very light brown.
14. (physics and chemistry) The smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element.
15. The cry made by sheep.
17. The month following July and preceding September.
18. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
20. (folklore) A corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living.
24. Spicy fruit of the cubeb vine.
25. Type genus of the Anatidae.
29. United States architect (born in China in 1917).
32. Top part of an apron.
33. A large mountain system in south-central Europe.
36. The environmental condition.
38. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
42. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
43. A light touch or stroke.
45. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
46. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
47. An angular shape characterized by sharp turns in alternating directions.
48. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
49. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
50. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
51. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
52. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
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1. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
2. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
3. An organic compound that contains a hydroxyl group bonded to a carbon atom which in turn is doubly bonded to another carbon atom.
4. A barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea.
5. A small cake leavened with yeast.
6. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
7. A brittle silver-white metalloid element that is related to selenium and sulfur.
8. A fraudulent business scheme.
9. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
10. (anatomy) A fold or wrinkle or crease.
16. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
19. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
21. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
22. Pepsi Cola is a trademarked cola.
23. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
26. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
27. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
28. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
30. Large herbivorous tropical American arboreal lizards with a spiny crest along the back.
31. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
34. Goods (or wreckage) on the sea bed that is attached to a buoy so that it can be recovered.
35. The beach at a seaside resort.
36. A barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea.
37. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
38. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
39. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
40. A unit of apothecary weight equal to an eighth of an ounce or to 60 grains.
41. Having nine hinged bands of bony plates.
44. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
46. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
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