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1. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
4. United States tennis player who was the first Black to win United States and English singles championships (1943-1993).
8. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
11. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
12. Concerning those not members of the clergy.
13. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
14. (informal) Exceptionally good.
15. A committee in the executive branch of government that advises the president on foreign and military and national security.
16. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
17. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
20. Long green edible beaked pods of the okra plant.
22. A light touch or stroke.
23. A heavy ductile magnetic metallic element.
24. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
25. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
27. A digital display that uses liquid crystal cells that change reflectivity in an applied electric field.
28. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
31. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
34. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
35. Informal terms for money.
38. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
39. An inhabitant of Lappland.
42. European strong-scented perennial herb with gray-green bitter-tasting leaves.
44. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
45. A Russian river.
47. Large hairy humanoid creature said to live in the Himalayas.
48. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
49. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
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1. A small cake leavened with yeast.
2. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
3. Athenian lawmaker whose code of laws prescribed death for almost every offense (circa 7th century BC).
4. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
5. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
6. A fricative sound (especially as an expression of disapproval).
7. (computer science) A coding system that incorporates extra parity bits in order to detect errors.
8. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
9. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
10. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
18. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
19. A member of a seafaring group of North American Indians who lived on the Pacific coast of British Columbia and southwestern Alaska.
21. God of love and erotic desire.
26. An ancient city of Sumer located on a former channel of the Euphrates River.
29. Lower in esteem.
30. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
32. Having the leading position or higher score in a contest.
33. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
36. A Bantu language spoken in southern Zaire.
37. 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.
40. A proportion multiplied by 100.
41. The 21st letter of the Greek alphabet.
43. A doctor's degree in education.
44. A state in northwestern North America.
46. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
47. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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