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1. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
4. A French abbot.
8. The basic unit of electric current adopted under the System International d'Unites.
11. The act of slowing down or falling behind.
12. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
13. A column of light (as from a beacon).
14. French cabaret singer (1915-1963).
15. An authoritative direction or instruction to do something.
16. The month following February and preceding April.
17. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
20. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
23. Type genus of the Amiidae.
25. (informal) Of the highest quality.
26. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
28. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
30. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
31. A vigorous blow.
35. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
38. Australian shrubs and small trees with evergreen usually spiny leaves and dense clusters of showy flowers.
39. A close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities.
40. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
43. Surrealist Spanish painter (1904-1989).
44. An (apparently) flying object whose nature is unknown.
45. 4-wheeled motor vehicle.
46. In bed.
47. A single-reed woodwind with a conical bore.
48. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
49. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for aviation and spaceflight.
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1. First in order of importance.
2. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
3. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
4. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
5. A small cake leavened with yeast.
6. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
7. Late time of life.
8. A large fleet.
9. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
10. Wood heaped for burning a dead body as a funeral rite.
18. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
19. An associate degree in nursing.
21. An archaic name for Easter or Passover.
22. The cry made by sheep.
24. One of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
27. (trademark) An antacid.
29. A port city in southwestern Iran.
32. Jordan's port.
33. United States tennis player (born in Yugoslavia in 1973).
34. A member of a seafaring group of North American Indians who lived on the Pacific coast of British Columbia and southwestern Alaska.
36. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
37. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
38. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
41. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
42. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
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