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1. In bed.
5. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
7. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
11. A unit of weight used in east Asia approximately equal to 1.3 ounces.
12. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
13. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
14. Hormone produced early in pregnancy by the placenta.
15. Botswanan statesman who was the first president of Botswana (1921-1980).
17. Being one more than fifty.
18. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
21. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
24. Freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort.
26. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
27. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
28. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
30. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
31. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
35. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
40. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
43. How long something has existed.
44. Extremely pleasing.
45. A ruler of the Inca Empire (or a member of his family).
47. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
48. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
49. (informal) Of the highest quality.
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1. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
2. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
3. A graphical record of electrical activity of the brain.
4. A metric unit of volume equal to one tenth of a liter.
5. German chemist who was co-discoverer with Lise Meitner of nuclear fission (1879-1968).
6. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
7. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
8. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
9. (usually followed by `to') Having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something.
10. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
16. A master's degree in fine arts.
19. Conqueror of Gaul and master of Italy (100-44 BC).
20. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
22. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
23. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity equal to 10 decibels.
25. An enclosed space.
29. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
32. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
33. Possessing or using or characteristic of or appropriate to supernatural powers.
34. Administer an oil or ointment to.
36. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
37. A French abbot.
38. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
39. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
40. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
41. An engineering university in Cambridge.
42. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
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