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1. Inquire about.
4. One of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes.
8. The compass point that is one point south of due east.
11. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
12. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
13. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
14. The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on.
15. Designated paved area beside a main road where cars can stop temporarily.
17. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
18. Squash bugs.
20. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
21. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
22. An electrically charged particle.
24. Any of numerous low-growing cushion-forming plants of the genus Draba having rosette-forming leaves and terminal racemes of small flowers with scapose or leafy stems.
26. A port city in southwestern Turkey on the Gulf of Antalya.
30. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
32. A flexible container with a single opening.
33. Profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger.
35. An associate degree in applied science.
37. Being one hundred more than three hundred.
41. An alloy of copper and zinc (and sometimes arsenic) used to imitate gold in cheap jewelry and for gilding.
45. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
46. A long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur.
48. A collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn.
49. The last (12th) month of the year.
50. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
51. Lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise.
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1. A city in northern India.
2. The act of scanning.
3. God of love and erotic desire.
4. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
5. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
6. Type genus of the Rhyniaceae.
7. A light touch or stroke.
8. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
9. An island in Indonesia east of Java.
10. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
16. A member of an extinct North American Indian people who lived in the Pit river valley in northern California.
19. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
23. A port city of south central Ukraine on an arm of the Black Sea.
25. A legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body.
27. 36th President of the United States.
28. A state in midwestern United States.
29. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
31. South American plant cultivated for its large fragrant trumpet-shaped flowers.
34. The clay from which adobe bricks are made.
36. A public promotion of some product or service.
38. A small cake leavened with yeast.
39. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
40. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
42. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
43. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
44. The month following February and preceding April.
45. Being one more than fifty.
47. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
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