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1. In bed.
5. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
8. The syllable naming the first (tonic) note of any major scale in solmization.
11. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
12. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
13. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
14. (physics and chemistry) The smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element.
15. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
16. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
17. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
23. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
26. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
29. A large number or amount.
30. Gibberish resembling the sounds of a baby.
32. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
33. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
34. The act of scanning.
38. A small ball with a hole through the middle.
41. An implement used to propel or steer a boat.
45. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
46. The law enforcement agency in the Justice Department.
47. Area around the altar of a church for the clergy and choir.
49. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
50. God of the Underworld.
51. A master's degree in business.
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1. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
2. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
3. An organic compound that contains a hydroxyl group bonded to a carbon atom which in turn is doubly bonded to another carbon atom.
4. A barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea.
5. Capable of wounding.
6. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
7. A doctor's degree in dental medicine.
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.
18. A person forced to flee from home or country.
19. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
20. Realistic Norwegian author who wrote plays on social and political themes (1828-1906).
21. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
22. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
24. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
25. A public promotion of some product or service.
27. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
28. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
31. A small cake leavened with yeast.
35. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
36. An elaborate song for solo voice.
37. Russian physicist (1895-1971).
39. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
40. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
42. Make amends for.
43. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
44. The cry made by sheep.
48. Diabetes caused by a relative or absolute deficiency of insulin and characterized by polyuria.
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