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1. (Roman mythology) Goddess of abundance and fertility.
4. God of the earth.
7. Clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion.
11. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
12. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
13. The capital of Western Samoa.
14. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
17. A member of an American Indian peoples of NE South America and the Lesser Antilles.
20. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
21. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
22. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
24. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
26. The capital of Croatia.
28. Slanting diagonally across the grain of a fabric.
30. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
31. A state in northwestern North America.
32. South African term for `boss'.
35. Some point in the air.
39. A state in the eastern United States.
40. A public promotion of some product or service.
41. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
44. The content of cognition.
46. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
47. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring in the air.
48. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
49. A group of African language in the Niger-Congo group spoken from the Ivory Coast east to Nigeria.
50. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
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1. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
2. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
3. A white trivalent metallic element.
4. The quarter of many North African cities in which the citadel is located.
5. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
6. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
7. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
8. The month following March and preceding May.
9. Grains used as food either unpolished or more often polished.
10. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
15. (Greek legend) The greedy king of Phrygia who Dionysus gave the power to turn everything he touched into gold.
16. Having nine hinged bands of bony plates.
18. Humorously vulgar.
19. A member of a Muslim Turkic people of western Asia (especially in Kazakstan).
23. Predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin.
25. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
27. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
29. A large galleon sailed in the Mediterranean as a merchantman.
33. A means of serving.
34. A native-born Israeli.
36. Severe diabetes mellitus with an early onset.
37. An Indian nursemaid who looks after children.
38. A small cake leavened with yeast.
42. Legal document setting forth rules governing a particular kind of activity.
43. The United Nations agency concerned with the international organization of food and agriculture.
44. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
45. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
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