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1. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.
4. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
7. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
11. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
12. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
13. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
14. Counting the number of white and red blood cells and the number of platelets in 1 cubic millimeter of blood.
15. A rapid escape (as by criminals).
16. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
17. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
19. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
20. A decree that prohibits something.
21. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
24. A doctor's degree in dental surgery.
27. The basic unit of electric current adopted under the System International d'Unites.
30. A fit of shivering.
32. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
34. A flexible container with a single opening.
36. A public promotion of some product or service.
37. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
38. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
41. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
43. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
44. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
45. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
49. Characteristic of a mob.
53. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
54. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
55. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
56. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
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1. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
2. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
3. (computer science) A coding system that incorporates extra parity bits in order to detect errors.
4. A federation of North American labor unions that merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955.
5. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
6. Avatar of Vishnu.
7. An anxiety disorder characterized by chronic free-floating anxiety and such symptoms as tension or sweating or trembling of light-headedness or irritability etc that has lasted for more than six months.
8. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
9. A small cake leavened with yeast.
10. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
18. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
22. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
23. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
25. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
26. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
28. A master's degree in business.
29. A close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities.
31. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
33. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
35. Offering fun and gaiety.
39. A switch made from the stems of the rattan palms.
40. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
42. Very dark black.
43. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
46. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
47. The cry made by sheep.
48. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
49. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
50. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
51. Being one more than one.
52. A state in north central United States.
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