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1. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
4. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
8. The compass point that is one point south of due east.
11. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
12. Large genus of tropical subshrubs or herbs some of which yield fibers of mucilaginous substances.
13. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
14. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
15. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
16. Type genus of the family Myacidae.
17. An anxiety disorder characterized by chronic free-floating anxiety and such symptoms as tension or sweating or trembling of light-headedness or irritability etc that has lasted for more than six months.
20. A public promotion of some product or service.
24. God of wealth and love.
27. A telegram sent abroad.
30. German organist and contrapuntist (1685-1750).
31. A master's degree in business.
32. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
33. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
35. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
37. An associate degree in nursing.
39. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
41. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
45. Weight to be borne or conveyed.
48. The month following March and preceding May.
51. A city in the European part of Russia.
52. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
53. A long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur.
54. The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on.
55. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
56. A humorous anecdote or remark.
57. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
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1. Highly excited.
2. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
3. In bed.
4. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
5. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
6. The sixth month of the civil year.
7. An informal term for a father.
8. Any of various trees of the genus Ulmus.
9. Common Indian weaverbird.
10. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
18. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
19. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
21. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
22. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
23. Counting the number of white and red blood cells and the number of platelets in 1 cubic millimeter of blood.
25. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
26. (informal) Of the highest quality.
28. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
29. The square of a body of any size of type.
34. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
36. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
38. The Hebrew patriarch who saved himself and his family and the animals by building an ark in which they survived 40 days and 40 nights of rain.
39. A piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep.
40. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
42. A sensation (as of a cold breeze or bright light) that precedes the onset of certain disorders such as a migraine attack or epileptic seizure.
43. (old-fashioned) At or from or to a great distance.
44. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
46. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
47. A light touch or stroke.
49. Chiefly perennial grasses of cool temperate regions.
50. A small piece of cloth.
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