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1. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
4. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
7. An informal term for a father.
11. Electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field.
12. The cry made by sheep.
13. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
14. A port in western Israel on the Mediterranean.
17. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
19. An associate degree in applied science.
20. A mountain peak in the Andes in Bolivia (21,391 feet high).
23. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
25. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
26. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
30. God of justice.
33. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
34. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
35. One thousand grams.
36. A metallic element of the rare earth group.
39. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
42. An awkward stupid person.
47. Type genus of the family Myacidae.
48. No longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life.
50. Your general store of remembered information.
51. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
52. An informal term for a father.
53. Of or relating to a member of the Buddhist people inhabiting the Mekong river in Laos and Thailand.
54. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
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1. Sole genus of the family Naiadaceae.
2. An ancient city in northern Portugal.
3. Liquid containing proteins and electrolytes including the liquid in blood plasma and interstitial fluid.
4. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
5. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
6. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
7. Seed of a pea plant.
8. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
9. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
10. Type genus of the Anatidae.
15. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
16. A small cake leavened with yeast.
18. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
21. Of the blackest black.
22. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
24. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
27. A small piece of cloth.
28. A Russian river.
29. A colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube.
31. British dominion over India (1757-1947).
32. Being one hundred more than three hundred.
37. Common Indian weaverbird.
38. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
40. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
41. Fabric dyed with splotches of green and brown and black and tan.
43. An interest followed with exaggerated zeal.
44. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
45. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
46. Not in good physical or mental health.
47. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
49. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
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