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1. In bed.
5. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
8. An insecticide that is also toxic to animals and humans.
11. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
12. How long something has existed.
13. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
14. Stems of beans and peas and potatoes and grasses collectively as used for thatching and bedding.
15. A light touch or stroke.
16. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
17. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
19. A public promotion of some product or service.
21. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
24. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
26. Gone by.
28. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
30. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
33. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
35. A unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns.
37. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
40. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
42. Jordan's port.
47. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
49. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
52. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
53. A Russian river.
54. A collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn.
55. Kamarupan languages spoken in northeastern India and western Burma.
56. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
57. Two items of the same kind.
58. A rapid bustling commotion.
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1. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
2. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
3. The fatty flesh of eel.
4. A barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea.
5. An informal term for a father.
6. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
7. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
8. Small cubes with 1 to 6 spots on the faces.
9. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
10. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
18. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
20. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
22. A former monetary unit in Great Britain.
23. 10 grams.
25. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
27. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
29. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
31. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
32. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
34. Any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia.
36. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
38. A state in northwestern North America.
39. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
41. The capital of Western Samoa.
42. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
43. (in Gnosticism) A divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe.
44. A small cake leavened with yeast.
45. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
46. Of or relating to or characteristic of the Republic of Chad or its people or language.
48. Animal reproductive body consisting of an ovum or embryo together with nutritive and protective envelopes.
50. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
51. The month following April and preceding June.
52. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
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