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1. God of the earth.
4. The cry made by sheep.
7. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
11. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
12. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
13. Toward the mouth or oral region.
14. Important food fish of the Nile and other rivers of Africa and Asia Minor.
15. A member of an American Indian people of Yucatan and Belize and Guatemala who once had a culture characterized by outstanding architecture and pottery and astronomy.
16. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
19. A member of a Mayan people of southwestern Guatemala.
20. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
22. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
24. Verse in the meter used in Greek and Latin poetry consisting of strophes of 4 tetrametric lines.
28. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
29. Largest known toad species.
31. North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean.
33. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
40. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
42. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
43. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
45. A hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers.
46. The network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal function.
47. A small cake leavened with yeast.
48. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
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1. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
2. (possibly Roman) Goddess of horses and mules and asses.
3. When dried yields a hard substance used e.g. in golf balls.
4. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
5. A public promotion of some product or service.
6. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
7. (Australian and New Zealand) A disparaging term for English immigrants to Australia or New Zealand.
8. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
9. Common Indian weaverbird.
10. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
17. (Old Testament) The eldest son of Isaac who would have inherited the Covenant that God made with Abraham and that Abraham passed on to Isaac.
18. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
21. Type genus of the Alaudidae.
23. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
25. System of measurement based on centimeters and grams and seconds.
26. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
27. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
30. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
32. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
33. (Australian and New Zealand) A disparaging term for English immigrants to Australia or New Zealand.
34. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
35. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
36. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
37. A sudden short attack.
38. The template for protein synthesis.
39. An American who lives in the North (especially during the American Civil War).
41. A state of southwestern India.
44. A soft gray ductile metallic element used in alloys.
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