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1. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
4. In bed.
8. A hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland.
11. An anxiety disorder characterized by chronic free-floating anxiety and such symptoms as tension or sweating or trembling of light-headedness or irritability etc that has lasted for more than six months.
12. Thin fibrous bark of the paper mulberry and Pipturus albidus.
13. An enzyme that catalyzes the oxidation of many body compounds (e.g., epinephrine and norepinephrine and serotonin).
14. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
16. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
17. A graphical recording of the cardiac cycle produced by an electrocardiograph.
18. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
19. (informal) Of the highest quality.
25. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
27. A graphical record of electrical activity of the brain.
28. A small cake leavened with yeast.
30. A lyric poem with complex stanza forms.
31. (informal) Exceptionally good.
32. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
35. A public promotion of some product or service.
39. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
42. An interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open.
45. Gone by.
46. Widely cultivated in tropical and subtropical regions for its fragrant flowers and colorful fruits.
47. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
48. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
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1. Highly excited.
2. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
3. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
4. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
5. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
6. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
7. An informal term for a father.
8. Small cold-water silvery fish.
9. Genus of tropical plants with creeping rootstocks and small umbellate flowers.
10. United States golfer who won many major golf tournaments (born in 1912).
15. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
20. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
21. The month following July and preceding September.
22. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
23. The hair growing on the lower part of a man's face.
24. Queen of the Olympian gods in ancient Greek mythology.
26. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
29. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
33. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
34. (usually followed by `to') Having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something.
36. (old-fashioned) At or from or to a great distance.
37. (computer science) A rule stating that the quality of the output is a function of the quality of the input.
38. Long nerve fiber that conducts away from the cell body of the neuron.
40. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
41. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
43. 1/1000 gram.
44. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
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