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1. Any of various units of capacity.
4. A French abbot.
8. Hormone produced early in pregnancy by the placenta.
11. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
12. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
13. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
14. A slight amount or degree of difference.
15. In bed.
16. 10 grams.
17. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
19. Polish filmmaker (born in 1929).
24. Jordan's port.
26. (Greek mythology) One of the three Graces.
30. A small cake leavened with yeast.
32. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
33. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
34. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
35. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
40. An informal term for a father.
43. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
46. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
47. A blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically.
50. Produced by a manufacturing process.
51. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
52. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
53. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
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1. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
2. (informal) Exceptionally good.
3. A boy or man.
4. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
5. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
6. Any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species.
7. King of England who was renounced by Northumbria in favor of his brother Edgar (died in 959).
8. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
9. Wearing or provided with clothing.
10. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
18. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
20. Metal or plastic sheath over the end of a shoelace or ribbon.
21. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
22. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
23. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
25. Unknown god.
27. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
28. A state in midwestern United States.
29. Before noon.
31. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
36. (Babylonian) A goddess of the watery deep and daughter of Ea.
37. Lacking sufficient water or rainfall.
38. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
39. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
41. (usually followed by `to') Having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something.
42. An informal term for a father.
44. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
45. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
48. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
49. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
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