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1. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
4. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
7. Clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion.
11. The act of slowing down or falling behind.
12. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
13. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
14. French cabaret singer (1915-1963).
15. (Greek mythology) One of the three Graces.
16. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
18. A bachelor's degree in naval science.
19. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
23. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
28. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
30. The law enforcement agency in the Justice Department.
31. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
32. A member of a Caddo people formerly living in north central Texas.
36. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
40. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
41. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
43. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
44. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
45. A mixture of mashed malt grains and hot water.
47. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
48. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
49. A Loloish language.
50. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
51. A city in northern India.
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1. First in order of importance.
2. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
3. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
4. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
5. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
6. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
7. United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters.
8. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
9. The state of being decayed or destroyed.
10. Slanting diagonally across the grain of a fabric.
17. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
20. An archaic name for Easter or Passover.
21. A genus of Ploceidae.
22. A public promotion of some product or service.
24. The cry made by sheep.
25. A federation of North American labor unions that merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955.
26. A unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns.
27. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
29. Sorting and allocating aid on the basis of need for or likely benefit from medical treatment or food.
33. A republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
34. Money in the form of bills or coins.
35. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
37. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
38. Dearly loved.
39. Offering fun and gaiety.
42. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
44. A small piece of cloth.
45. Not out.
46. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
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