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1. Select as an alternative.
4. A light touch or stroke.
7. God of love and erotic desire.
11. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
12. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
13. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
14. A clique that seeks power usually through intrigue.
16. An informal term for a father.
18. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
19. An associate degree in nursing.
20. A saying that widely accepted on its own merits.
22. (Old Testament) The Hebrew prophet who led the Israelites from Egypt across the Red sea on a journey known as the Exodus.
26. (`cease' is a noun only in the phrase `without cease') End v 1.
27. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
30. A long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur.
32. The cry made by sheep.
34. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
35. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
37. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
38. A small cake leavened with yeast.
42. By bad luck.
46. (informal) Of the highest quality.
49. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
50. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
51. Any tree or shrub of the genus Inga having pinnate leaves and showy usually white flowers.
52. Having any of numerous bright or strong colors reminiscent of the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies.
53. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
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1. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
2. Used chiefly as a direction or description in music.
3. The bill in a restaurant.
4. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
5. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
6. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
7. A family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southeastern Asia.
8. A public promotion of some product or service.
9. (New Testament) The sages who visited Jesus and Mary and Joseph shortly after Jesus was born.
10. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
15. American novelist (1909-1955).
17. The basic unit of electric current adopted under the System International d'Unites.
21. Being two more than ninety.
23. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
24. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
25. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
28. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
29. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
31. 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.
33. An associate degree in applied science.
36. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
37. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
39. The sixth month of the civil year.
40. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
41. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
43. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
44. A flexible container with a single opening.
45. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
47. A heavy brittle diamagnetic trivalent metallic element (resembles arsenic and antimony chemically).
48. A radioactive gaseous element formed by the disintegration of radium.
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