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1. Immense East Indian fruit resembling breadfruit of.
4. A French abbot.
8. How long something has existed.
11. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
12. Concerning those not members of the clergy.
13. 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.
14. An important seaport on the Island of Cebu in the Philippines.
15. A metallic element of the rare earth group.
16. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
17. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
20. Before noon.
21. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
25. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
27. Tag the base runner to get him out.
30. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
31. (informal) Of the highest quality.
33. A resource.
34. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
35. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
37. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
40. (Jewish cookery) A loaf of white bread containing eggs and leavened with yeast.
44. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
45. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
47. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
48. Having nine hinged bands of bony plates.
50. A broad flat muscle on either side of the back.
52. An adult male person (as opposed to a woman).
53. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
54. The compass point that is one point east of due south.
55. (Judaism) Sacred chest where the ancient Hebrews kept the two tablets containing the Ten Commandments.
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1. French biochemist who (with Jacques Monod) studied regulatory processes in cells (born in 1920).
2. Any of several tall tropical palms native to southeastern Asia having egg-shaped nuts.
3. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
4. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
5. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
6. Top part of an apron.
7. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
8. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
9. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
10. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
18. A flexible container with a single opening.
19. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
22. A river of southwestern Africa that rises in central Angola and flows east and then north (forming part of the border between Angola and Congo) and continuing northwest through Congo to empty into the Congo River on the border between Congo and Republic of the Congo.
23. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
24. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
26. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
28. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
29. A bachelor's degree in religion.
32. A card game for 2 players.
36. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
38. In bed.
39. A small cake leavened with yeast.
41. Capital and largest city and economic center of Peru.
42. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
43. A coil of rope or wool or yarn.
46. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
49. A public promotion of some product or service.
51. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
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