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1. An unofficial association of people or groups.
5. An enclosed space.
8. (slang) A gangster's pistol.
11. A person who makes use of a thing.
12. 4-wheeled motor vehicle.
13. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
14. The basic unit of money on Malta.
15. Of southern Europe.
16. One of the most common of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
17. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
20. A state in northwestern North America.
22. A master's degree in business.
24. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
29. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
32. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
34. A unit of luminous flux equal to the amount of light given out through a solid angle of 1 steradian by a point source of 1 candela intensity radiating uniformly in all directions.
39. An awkward stupid person.
43. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
44. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
45. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
46. A notable achievement.
47. The bill in a restaurant.
48. An informal term for a father.
49. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
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1. A modified bud consisting of a thickened globular underground stem serving as a reproductive structure.
2. The largest continent with 60% of the earth's population.
3. Roman Emperor notorious for his monstrous vice and fantastic luxury (was said to have started a fire that destroyed much of Rome in 64) but the Empire remained prosperous during his rule (37-68).
4. 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.
5. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
6. An associate degree in applied science.
7. A byproduct of inflammation.
8. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
9. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
10. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
18. Jordan's port.
19. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
21. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
23. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
25. An anxiety disorder characterized by chronic free-floating anxiety and such symptoms as tension or sweating or trembling of light-headedness or irritability etc that has lasted for more than six months.
26. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
27. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
28. A state in New England.
30. A doctor's degree in education.
31. A landlocked republic in eastern Africa.
33. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
35. King of Saudi Arabia since 1982 (born in 1922).
36. A Gaelic-speaking Celt in Ireland or Scotland or the Isle of Man.
37. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
38. A quantity of no importance.
40. Extremely pleasing.
41. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
42. The cry made by sheep.
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