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1. Informal terms for a mother.
4. Having nine hinged bands of bony plates.
8. The United Nations agency concerned with international maritime activities.
11. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
12. A soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element.
13. A barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea.
14. A port in western Israel on the Mediterranean.
15. A chronic disease of the nose characterized by a foul-smelling nasal discharge and atrophy of nasal structures.
17. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
18. A bachelor's degree in theology.
19. Distinctive and stylish elegance.
21. A port city in southwestern Turkey on the Gulf of Antalya.
23. A church associated with a monastery or convent.
27. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
28. A midnight meeting of witches to practice witchcraft and sorcery.
31. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
32. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
34. A radioactive transuranic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons.
36. A unit of information equal to one million (1,048,576) bytes.
38. The highest level or degree attainable.
41. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
43. A master's degree in business.
44. Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods.
45. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
47. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
49. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
50. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
51. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
52. (British) Your grandmother.
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1. Type genus of the Majidae.
2. Using speech rather than writing.
3. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
4. Make a plat of.
5. The branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication.
6. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
7. An edge tool used to cut and shape wood.
8. Conforming to an ultimate standard of perfection or excellence.
9. A member of a nomadic people of the northern Ural mountains.
10. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
16. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
20. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
22. An informal term for a father.
24. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
25. Any of various units of capacity.
26. Edible tuber of any of several yams.
29. An alloy of copper and zinc (and sometimes arsenic) used to imitate gold in cheap jewelry and for gilding.
30. A city in western Germany near the Dutch and Belgian borders.
33. 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.
35. The act of catching an object with the hands.
37. A small cake leavened with yeast.
39. God of death.
40. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
42. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
46. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
48. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
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