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1. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
4. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
8. A rapid bustling commotion.
11. A label made of cardboard or plastic or metal.
12. (Scotland) A slope or hillside.
13. A period of time spent sleeping.
14. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
16. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
17. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
18. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
19. Half the width of an em.
22. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
25. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
26. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
28. Electronic warfare undertaken to prevent or reduce an enemy's effective use of the electromagnetic spectrum.
30. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
31. A small cake leavened with yeast.
33. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
36. A decree that prohibits something.
37. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
40. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
42. Before noon.
44. Social insect living in organized colonies.
45. The airforce of Great Britain.
47. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
50. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
51. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
52. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
53. An enclosed space.
54. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
55. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
56. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
57. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
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1. A state in the western United States.
2. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
3. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
4. A unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns.
5. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
6. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
7. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
8. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
9. An informal term for a father.
10. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
15. Any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species.
20. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
21. An interest followed with exaggerated zeal.
23. A light touch or stroke.
24. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
27. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
29. A master's degree in business.
32. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
34. A member of the Iroquoian people formerly living east of Lake Ontario.
35. Small turnover of Indian origin filled with vegetables or meat and fried and served hot.
38. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
39. A city in central New York.
41. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
42. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
43. A doctor's degree in music.
44. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
46. At a great distance in time or space or degree.
48. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
49. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
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