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1. Type genus of the family Myacidae.
4. An informal term for a father.
8. A proinflammatory cytokine that is produced by white blood cells (monocytes and macrophages).
11. The habitation of wild animals.
12. In bed.
13. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
14. An adult male person (as opposed to a woman).
15. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
16. An inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others.
17. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
20. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
23. Rock that in its molten form (as magma) issues from volcanos.
24. United States swimmer who in 1926 became the first woman to swim the English Channel (1903- ).
27. An informal term for a father.
28. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
31. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
33. A light touch or stroke.
34. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
35. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
37. A short labored intake of breath with the mouth open.
40. Used in combination to denote the middle.
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.
46. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
47. Water frozen in the solid state.
48. A primeval personification of air and breath.
49. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
50. An associate degree in applied science.
51. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
52. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. Designer drug designed to have the effects of amphetamines (it floods the brain with serotonin) but to avoid the drug laws.
2. Not only so, but.
3. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
4. Any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes.
5. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
6. Lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing wholly or in part.
7. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
8. A case or sheath especially a pollen sac or moss capsule.
9. A desert in southern Israel.
10. All the plant life in a particular region.
18. United States writer of poems and plays about racial conflict (born in 1934).
19. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
21. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
22. Having been read.
25. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
26. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
29. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
30. A Bantu language spoken by the Chaga people in northern Tanzania.
32. Any plant of the genus Erica.
36. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
37. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
38. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
39. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
41. A potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry.
43. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
44. A recurring sleep state during which dreaming occurs.
45. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
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