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1. A strong post (as on a wharf or quay or ship for attaching mooring lines).
5. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
8. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
11. The sixth month of the civil year.
12. Used of a single unit or thing.
13. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
14. An important seaport on the Island of Cebu in the Philippines.
15. An associate degree in applied science.
16. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
17. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
18. The branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication.
20. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
25. Ancient city is southeastern Italy where Hannibal defeated the Romans in 216 BC.
30. The ending of a series or sequence.
31. Capital and largest city of Iraq.
33. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
34. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
35. A light touch or stroke.
42. A medicinal drug used to evoke vomiting (especially in cases of drug overdose or poisoning).
44. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
45. Experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness.
46. The capital and chief port of Qatar.
49. Counting the number of white and red blood cells and the number of platelets in 1 cubic millimeter of blood.
50. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
51. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
52. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
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1. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
2. Conforming to an ultimate standard of perfection or excellence.
3. The bill in a restaurant.
4. Consistent with fact or reality.
5. The cry made by sheep.
6. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
7. A potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry.
8. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
9. Type genus of the Ranidae.
10. By bad luck.
19. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
21. (informal) Of the highest quality.
22. An associate degree in nursing.
23. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
24. Heal or recover.
26. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
27. Tag the base runner to get him out.
28. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
29. A bachelor's degree in religion.
32. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
36. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
37. English monk and scholar (672-735).
38. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
39. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
40. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
41. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
43. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
47. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
48. A public promotion of some product or service.
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