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1. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
4. An accountant certified by the state.
7. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
11. The act of slowing down or falling behind.
12. An associate degree in applied science.
13. The lean flesh of a fish similar to cod.
14. French cabaret singer (1915-1963).
15. The Mongol people living the the central and eastern parts of Outer Mongolia.
16. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
19. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
20. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
22. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
23. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
26. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
28. In bed.
31. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
32. A port city of south central Ukraine on an arm of the Black Sea.
35. Pompous or pretentious talk or writing.
37. The compass point that is midway between north and northwest.
38. A monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles.
39. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
41. A mountain peak in the Andes in Bolivia (21,391 feet high).
43. The United Nations agency concerned with international maritime activities.
44. Dearly loved.
46. A light touch or stroke.
47. Lacking in rigor or strictness.
48. Set down according to a plan.
49. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
50. Before noon.
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1. First in order of importance.
2. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
3. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
4. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
5. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
6. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
7. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
8. An Anatolian language.
9. A town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern Mediterranean.
10. Being or occurring in fact or actuality.
17. The cry made by sheep.
18. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
21. An archaic name for Easter or Passover.
24. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
25. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
27. (trademark) An antacid.
29. A dwarfed ornamental tree or shrub grown in a tray or shallow pot.
30. Third son of Elizabeth II (born in 1964).
33. Wood of a sumac.
34. Jordan's port.
36. Capital and largest city and economic center of Peru.
40. A lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood.
41. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
42. A rapid bustling commotion.
43. Unknown god.
45. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
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