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1. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
4. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
8. The syllable naming the first (tonic) note of any major scale in solmization.
11. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
12. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
13. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
14. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
16. Concerning those not members of the clergy.
17. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
18. A member of an agricultural people in southeastern India.
20. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
23. An anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions.
26. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
30. Sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with gray furry ears and coat.
34. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
35. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
36. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
38. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances.
42. A small piece of cloth.
44. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
48. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
49. South African term for `boss'.
50. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
51. An associate degree in applied science.
52. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
53. The 19th letter of the Greek alphabet.
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1. (informal) Exceptionally good.
2. Avatar of Vishnu.
3. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
4. Before noon.
5. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
6. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
7. Free from liquid or moisture.
8. Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods.
9. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
10. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
15. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
19. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
21. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
22. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
24. (Greek mythology) A maiden seduced by Zeus.
25. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
27. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
28. A nonmetallic largely pentavalent heavy volatile corrosive dark brown liquid element belonging to the halogens.
29. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
31. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
32. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
33. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
37. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
38. An informal term for a father.
39. An independent group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic languages.
40. A small cake leavened with yeast.
41. Used as a Hindi courtesy title.
43. The state of matter distinguished from the solid and liquid states by.
45. 10 grams.
46. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
47. The money risked on a gamble.
48. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
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