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1. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
5. Characteristic of a mob.
8. The basic unit of money in Albania.
11. (Babylonian) A goddess of the watery deep and daughter of Ea.
12. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
13. Any of various coarse shrubby plants of the genus Iva with small greenish flowers.
14. Informal terms for a meal.
15. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
17. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
18. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
20. A city in northern India.
21. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
23. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
25. A complete metric system of units of measurement for scientists.
26. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
27. Type genus of the Phocidae.
29. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
31. Liquid containing proteins and electrolytes including the liquid in blood plasma and interstitial fluid.
33. Before noon.
34. Tag the base runner to get him out.
37. British dominion over India (1757-1947).
39. Not divisible by two.
42. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
43. Extremely pleasing.
45. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
47. A soft gray ductile metallic element used in alloys.
48. In bed.
49. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
50. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
51. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
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1. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria and closely related to Hausa.
2. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
3. Frogs, toads, tree toads.
4. A light touch or stroke.
5. (New Testament) The sages who visited Jesus and Mary and Joseph shortly after Jesus was born.
6. A Russian river.
7. The cry made by sheep.
8. Water chestnut whose spiny fruit has two rather than 4 prongs.
9. American civil rights worker in Mississippi.
10. A family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southeastern Asia.
16. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
19. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
22. Small cubes with 1 to 6 spots on the faces.
24. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
28. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
30. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
32. The basic monetary unit in many countries.
33. A Russian river.
35. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
36. A small cake leavened with yeast.
37. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
38. A French abbot.
40. A small amount of residue.
41. An informal term for a father.
44. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
46. A state in northwestern North America.
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