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1. (Babylonian) The sky god.
4. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
8. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
11. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
12. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
13. United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters.
14. The sign language used in the United States.
15. An unfledged or nestling hawk.
16. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
17. Common Indian weaverbird.
19. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
21. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
24. True mosses.
26. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
30. A state in northwestern North America.
31. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
33. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
35. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
36. A fatal disease of cattle that affects the central nervous system.
43. Any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia.
44. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
45. Nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate.
46. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
49. A piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep.
50. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
51. Having wisdom that comes with age and experience.
52. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
53. A nonmetallic largely pentavalent heavy volatile corrosive dark brown liquid element belonging to the halogens.
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1. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
2. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for aviation and spaceflight.
3. Displeasing to the senses and morally revolting.
4. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.
5. Ox of southeast Asia sometimes considered a domesticated breed of the gaur.
6. Jordan's port.
7. The network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal function.
8. Largest known toad species.
9. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
10. By bad luck.
18. The capital and largest city of Ghana with a deep-water port.
20. The cry made by sheep.
22. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
23. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
25. A monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles.
27. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali metal group.
28. A state in northwestern United States on the Pacific.
29. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
32. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
34. A long noosed rope used to catch animals.
37. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
38. Slanting diagonally across the grain of a fabric.
39. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
40. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
41. In bed.
42. An informal term for a father.
47. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
48. A rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys.
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