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1. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
5. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
8. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
11. A feeling of intense anger.
12. Consisting of or made of wood of the oak tree.
13. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
14. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
15. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
16. A state of southwestern India.
17. A hard brittle gray polyvalent metallic element that resembles iron but is not magnetic.
18. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
20. The superior of a group of nuns.
22. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
24. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
27. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
31. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
32. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
33. An analytic or interpretive literary composition.
35. Offering fun and gaiety.
37. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
39. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
40. A republic on the island of Malta in the Mediterranean.
44. A small cake leavened with yeast.
48. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
49. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
52. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
53. An informal term for a father.
54. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
55. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
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1. A unit of apothecary weight equal to an eighth of an ounce or to 60 grains.
2. German chemist who was co-discoverer with Lise Meitner of nuclear fission (1879-1968).
3. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
4. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
5. Any thick messy substance.
6. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
7. Jordan's port.
8. At or constituting a border or edge.
9. A member of the Pueblo people living in northern New Mexico.
10. By bad luck.
19. Gibberish resembling the sounds of a baby.
21. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
23. Predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin.
25. An associate degree in nursing.
26. A flexible container with a single opening.
28. A radioactive transuranic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons.
29. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
30. Minor or subordinate.
34. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
36. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
38. Thin fibrous bark of the paper mulberry and Pipturus albidus.
39. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
41. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
42. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
43. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
45. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
46. 10 grams.
47. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
48. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
50. Informal terms for a mother.
51. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
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