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1. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
4. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
8. The compass point that is one point south of due east.
11. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
12. A Russian river.
13. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
14. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
15. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
16. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
17. The sign language used in the United States.
19. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
21. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
23. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
26. The cry made by sheep.
28. Medium-sized tree having glossy lanceolate leaves.
30. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
33. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
34. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
37. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances.
39. A person who announces and plays popular recorded music.
41. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
42. A Loloish language.
47. (informal) Exceptionally good.
48. Used of a single unit or thing.
49. (informal) Of the highest quality.
50. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
51. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
52. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
53. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
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1. Offering fun and gaiety.
2. (Greek mythology) Greek god of war.
3. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
4. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
5. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
6. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
7. A small cake leavened with yeast.
8. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
9. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
10. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
18. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
20. An informal conversation.
22. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
24. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
25. A light touch or stroke.
27. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
29. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
31. A member of an agricultural people of southern India.
32. Informal terms for a mother.
35. Any of various herbaceous plants of the genus Atriplex that thrive in deserts and salt marshes.
36. Greek mythology.
38. Long green edible beaked pods of the okra plant.
40. The (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb.
41. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
43. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
44. An awkward stupid person.
45. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
46. The airforce of Great Britain.
47. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
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