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1. The site of an archeological exploration.
4. (usually followed by `to') Naturally disposed toward.
7. A speech defect that involves pronouncing s like voiceless th and z like voiced th.
11. An electrically charged particle.
12. European strong-scented perennial herb with gray-green bitter-tasting leaves.
13. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
14. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
15. Type genus of the Anatidae.
17. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
18. Affected manners intended to impress others.
20. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
22. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
24. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
25. Tag the base runner to get him out.
26. Metal or plastic sheath over the end of a shoelace or ribbon.
30. Viscera and trimmings of a butchered animal often considered inedible by humans.
33. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
34. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
35. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
36. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
42. Of or relating to or near the coccyx.
44. (Irish) Chief god of the Tuatha De Danann.
47. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
48. (informal) Of the highest quality.
50. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
51. A doctor's degree in dental surgery.
52. The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on.
53. God of love and erotic desire.
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1. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
2. Region of western Asia Minor colonized by Ancient Greeks.
3. Something twisted and tight and swollen.
4. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
5. A historical region on northwestern India and northern Pakistan.
6. A beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water.
7. A long-playing phonograph record.
8. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
9. The act of scanning.
10. (obstetrics) The number of live-born children a woman has delivered.
16. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
19. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
21. Relatively nontoxic South African herb smoked like tobacco.
23. With no effort to conceal.
27. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
28. The branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication.
29. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
31. Noisy quarrel.
32. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
37. A pointed instrument used to prod into motion.
38. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
39. A public promotion of some product or service.
40. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
41. A small cake leavened with yeast.
43. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
45. Inquire about.
46. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
47. An associate degree in nursing.
49. The square of a body of any size of type.
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