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1. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
4. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
8. An informal term for a father.
11. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
12. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
13. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
14. A small cake leavened with yeast.
16. Having help.
17. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
18. (informal) Exceptionally good.
21. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
23. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
26. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
28. The capital of Croatia.
29. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
31. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
33. Fertility goddess in ancient Greek mythology.
36. An associate degree in nursing.
38. A fluorocarbon with chlorine.
40. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali metal group.
41. A river that rises in central Germany and flows north to join the Elbe River.
44. A genus of Platalea.
45. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
46. (computer science) The part of a computer (a microprocessor chip) that does most of the data processing.
47. (pathology) An elevation of the skin filled with serous fluid.
50. A federal agency that supervises carriers that transport goods and people between states.
51. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
52. (informal) Valuable goods.
53. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
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1. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
2. Type genus of the Anatidae.
3. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
4. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
5. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
6. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
7. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
8. Panel forming the lower part of an interior wall when it is finished differently from the rest.
9. Norwegian mathematician (1802-1829).
10. An informal term for a father.
15. In bed.
19. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
20. An ancient Egyptian city on the west bank of the Nile opposite Cairo.
22. God of love and erotic desire.
24. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
25. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
27. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
30. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
32. A lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood.
34. Any plant of the genus Erica.
35. Having the wind against the forward side of the sails.
37. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
38. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
39. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
42. The month following July and preceding September.
43. The compass point that is one point south of due east.
44. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
45. A resource.
46. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
48. A radioactive transuranic element synthesized from californium.
49. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
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