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1. Range of what one can know or understand.
4. A large mountain system in south-central Europe.
8. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
11. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
12. God of death.
13. Primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needle-like teeth.
14. An early form of modern jazz (originating around 1940).
15. Having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly.
16. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
17. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
19. A radioactive transuranic element.
21. The hair growing on the lower part of a man's face.
23. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
25. A Russian river.
26. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
30. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
33. The inner and thicker of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle.
34. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
35. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
36. A member of the Finno-Ugric-speaking people living in eastern European Russia.
39. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
43. An edge tool used to cut and shape wood.
44. An inn in some Eastern countries with a large courtyard that provides accommodation for caravans.
47. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
48. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
49. Influential German idealist philosopher (1724-1804).
50. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
51. Hormone released by the hypothalamus that controls the release of thyroid-stimulating hormone from the anterior pituitary.
52. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
53. The bill in a restaurant.
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1. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
2. Run away secretly with one's beloved.
3. Greek mythology.
4. The basic unit of electric current adopted under the System International d'Unites.
5. Concerning those not members of the clergy.
6. Manufactured in standard sizes to be shipped and assembled elsewhere.
7. Experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness.
8. Largest known toad species.
9. Young sheep.
10. (informal) Exceptionally good.
18. United States singer and film actor (1904-1977).
20. Of superior grade.
22. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
24. A collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn.
27. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
28. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
29. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
31. Brittle flat bread eaten at Passover.
32. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
37. A European river.
38. A town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern Mediterranean.
40. Informal or slang terms for mentally irregular.
41. An informal term for a father.
42. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
45. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
46. Last or greatest in an indefinitely large series.
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