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1. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
5. A public promotion of some product or service.
7. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
11. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
12. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
13. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
14. A mature blood cell that contains hemoglobin to carry oxygen to the bodily tissues.
16. United States poet and critic (1899-1979).
17. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
19. A port city in southwestern Iran.
23. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
24. Evergreen Indian shrub with vivid yellow flowers whose bark is used in tanning.
26. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
30. A small cake leavened with yeast.
31. (informal) Of the highest quality.
33. A shape that sags.
34. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
35. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
42. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
43. Immediately past.
47. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
48. The head of a branch of an organized crime syndicate.
49. Type genus of the family Myacidae.
50. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
51. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
52. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
53. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
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1. A city in northern India.
2. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
3. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
4. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
5. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
6. An informal term for a father.
7. The basic unit of money in Macao.
8. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
9. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
10. A primeval personification of air and breath.
15. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
18. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
20. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
21. A light touch or stroke.
22. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
25. A state in the eastern United States.
27. A fatal disease of cattle that affects the central nervous system.
28. Unknown god.
29. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
32. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
36. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
37. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
38. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
39. (dialect) A short straight stick of wood.
40. Common Indian weaverbird.
41. A small nail.
44. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
45. A health resort near a spring or at the seaside.
46. The executive agency that advises the President on the federal budget.
47. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
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