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1. A member of the genus Canis (probably descended from the common wolf) that has been domesticated by man since prehistoric times.
4. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
8. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
11. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
12. A small nail.
13. An ancient Hebrew unit of capacity equal to 10 baths or 10 ephahs.
14. Lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing wholly or in part.
16. An associate degree in applied science.
17. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
18. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
22. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
24. A master's degree in business.
26. The mission in San Antonio where in 1836 Mexican forces under Santa Anna besieged and massacred American rebels who were fighting to make Texas independent of Mexico.
30. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
32. Scarabaeid beetle considered divine by ancient Egyptians.
33. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
34. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
42. A human limb.
45. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
46. Extremely pleasing.
47. A Loloish language.
48. Having leadership guidance.
49. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
50. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
51. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
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1. An informal term for a father.
2. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
3. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
4. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
5. A steep rugged rock or cliff.
6. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
7. A doctor's degree in dental surgery.
8. A town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern Mediterranean.
9. United States physiologist (born in Germany) who did research on parthenogenesis (1859-1924).
10. (informal) Exceptionally good.
15. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
19. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
20. (informal) Roused to anger.
21. A radioactive transuranic element.
23. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
25. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
27. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
28. Informal terms for a mother.
29. A Russian river.
31. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
35. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
36. A platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it.
37. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
38. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
39. Surrealist Spanish painter (1904-1989).
40. In bed.
41. A quantity of no importance.
43. Tastelessness by virtue of being cheap and vulgar.
44. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
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