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1. A French abbot.
5. Any of various units of capacity.
8. (informal) Uncomplimentary terms for a policeman.
11. A sudden short attack.
12. Of or relating to a member of the Buddhist people inhabiting the Mekong river in Laos and Thailand.
13. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
14. In bed.
15. The administration of a strong electric current that passes through the brain to induce convulsions and coma.
16. An honorary degree in science.
17. The month following February and preceding April.
20. A public promotion of some product or service.
22. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
24. An appearance of reflected light.
25. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
26. (Old Testament) Cain and Abel were the first children of Adam and Eve born after the Fall of Man.
27. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
28. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
31. The district occupied entirely by the city of Washington.
32. A South American river.
35. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
39. A hospital unit staffed and equipped to provide intensive care.
40. Largest known toad species.
43. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
44. An acute inflammatory disease occurring in the intestines of premature infants.
45. The rounded seed-bearing capsule of a cotton or flax plant.
46. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
47. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
48. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
49. A light touch or stroke.
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1. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
2. A small cake leavened with yeast.
3. A coffin along with its stand.
4. A doctor's degree in education.
5. Lose blood from one's body.
6. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
7. A globular water bottle used in Asia.
8. System of measurement based on centimeters and grams and seconds.
9. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
10. A genus of Ploceidae.
18. Avatar of Vishnu.
19. Flesh of large European flatfish.
21. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
23. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
29. A horse used to set the pace in racing.
30. Annual to perennial herbs of the Mediterranean region.
31. A doctor's degree in education.
33. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
34. Highly excited.
36. Any of a group of Indic languages spoken in Kashmir and eastern Afghanistan and northern Pakistan.
37. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
38. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
41. (Norse mythology) One of the Aesir known for his beauty and skill with bow and skis.
42. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
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