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1. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
4. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
8. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
11. A slight amount or degree of difference.
12. In bed.
13. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
14. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
15. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
17. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
18. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
20. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
24. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
25. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
27. How long something has existed.
29. A fluorocarbon with chlorine.
30. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
32. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
35. A port city in southwestern Iran.
39. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
42. Tropical American trees with palmately compound leaves and showy bell-shaped flowers.
43. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
46. A journey for some purpose (usually including the return).
47. Produced by a manufacturing process.
48. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
49. American novelist (1909-1955).
50. A primeval personification of air and breath.
51. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
52. Flat tableland with steep edges.
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1. An inactive volcano in Sicily.
2. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
3. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
4. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
5. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
6. Any federal law-enforcement officer.
7. A public promotion of some product or service.
8. A unit of information equal to one million (1,048,576) bytes.
9. (informal) Exceptionally good.
10. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
16. Imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy.
19. Being ten more than one hundred forty.
21. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
22. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
23. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
26. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
28. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
31. Quieten or silence (a sound) or make (an image) less visible.
33. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
34. Desert shrub of Syria and Arabia having small white flowers.
36. A song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person.
37. True firs.
38. Greek mythology.
40. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
41. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
44. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
45. A flexible container with a single opening.
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