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1. A reptile genus of Iguanidae.
4. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
8. Any triangular fore-and-aft sail (set forward of the foremast) v 1.
11. An angular shape characterized by sharp turns in alternating directions.
12. A rounded thickly curled hairdo.
13. At a great distance in time or space or degree.
14. Minor or subordinate.
15. Massive plantigrade carnivorous or omnivorous mammals with long shaggy coats and strong claws.
16. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
17. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
19. Being nine more than ninety.
21. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
22. God of love and erotic desire.
24. Any competition.
26. A public promotion of some product or service.
27. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
31. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
34. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
35. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
36. A unit of information equal to one million (1,048,576) bytes.
38. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
43. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
45. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
48. Type genus of the family Myacidae.
49. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
50. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
51. An associate degree in applied science.
52. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
53. A light touch or stroke.
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1. A member of a Turkic people of Uzbekistan and neighboring areas.
2. Long-tailed arboreal mustelid of Central and South America.
3. How long something has existed.
4. A small cake leavened with yeast.
5. Regional and archaic.
6. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
7. A hard protective sheath as secreted by certain protoctists e.g..
8. 35th President of the United States.
9. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
10. (informal) Exceptionally good.
18. A member of an agricultural people of southern India.
20. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
23. God of death.
25. Used of a single unit or thing.
28. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
29. 16 ounces.
30. 1/10 gram.
32. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
33. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
37. Common Indian weaverbird.
38. A brittle gray crystalline element that is a semiconducting metalloid (resembling silicon) used in transistors.
39. Fallow deer.
40. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
41. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
42. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
44. The network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal function.
46. An informal term for a father.
47. A doctor's degree in education.
48. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
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