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1. Irritate or vex.
4. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
8. Acute delirium caused by alcohol poisoning.
11. The 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet.
12. Fraught with extreme danger.
13. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
14. English monk and scholar (672-735).
16. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
17. The airforce of Great Britain.
18. Cause to go crazy.
20. (British) An open river valley (in a hilly area).
21. A genus of Ploceidae.
24. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
27. A boy or man.
28. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
29. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
31. A small cake leavened with yeast.
34. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
35. A genus of orb-weaving spiders including common garden spiders and barn spiders.
38. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
40. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
43. Port city in northwestern Belgium and industrial center.
44. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
46. (Scotland) A landowner.
48. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
49. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
50. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
51. A primeval personification of air and breath.
53. Having much flesh (especially fat).
54. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
55. An informal term for a father.
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1. A ballistic missile that is capable of traveling from one continent to another.
2. Fertility goddess in ancient Greek mythology.
3. Scottish sea captain who was hired to protect British shipping in the Indian Ocean and then was accused of piracy and hanged (1645-1701).
4. A public promotion of some product or service.
5. A full skirt with a gathered waistband.
6. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
7. A doctor's degree in education.
8. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
9. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
10. Free from risk or danger.
15. An ester of adenosine that is converted to ATP for energy storage.
19. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
22. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
23. The sixth month of the civil year.
25. A brittle gray crystalline element that is a semiconducting metalloid (resembling silicon) used in transistors.
26. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
30. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
32. Capital and largest city of Iraq.
33. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
36. Having come or been brought to a conclusion.
37. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
39. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
41. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
42. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
43. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
45. Any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse.
47. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
52. Informal terms for a mother.
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