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1. Hormones (estrogen and progestin) are given to postmenopausal women.
4. A small cake leavened with yeast.
8. Inquire about.
11. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
12. A British peer ranking below a Marquess and above a Viscount.
13. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
14. An inflammatory disease involving the sebaceous glands of the skin.
16. An enclosed space.
17. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
18. The state prevailing during the absence of war.
20. A member of an agricultural people in southeastern India.
22. Extremely pleasing.
24. An associate degree in nursing.
25. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
31. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
34. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
35. A decree that prohibits something.
37. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
39. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
41. (Sumerian) Goddess personifying earth.
42. A large fleet.
46. Take in solid food.
48. Food of a ruminant regurgitated to be chewed again.
50. In bed.
51. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
52. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
54. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
55. An interest followed with exaggerated zeal.
56. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
57. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
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1. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
2. Any competition.
3. The form of RNA that attaches the correct amino acid to the protein chain that is being synthesized at the ribosome of the cell (according to directions coded in the mRNA).
4. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
5. An associate degree in applied science.
6. (informal) Exceptionally good.
7. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
8. The ninth month of the Hindu calendar.
9. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
10. God of love and erotic desire.
15. Liquid containing proteins and electrolytes including the liquid in blood plasma and interstitial fluid.
19. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
21. A light touch or stroke.
23. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
26. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
27. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
28. The sixth month of the civil year.
29. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
30. 1/10 gram.
32. Consisting of or made of wood of the oak tree.
33. A port city in southwestern Iran.
36. A rechargeable battery with a nickel cathode and a cadmium anode.
37. An associate degree in applied science.
38. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
40. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
41. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
43. Informal terms for a mother.
44. A notable achievement.
45. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
47. A slight amount or degree of difference.
49. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
50. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
53. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
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