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1. An honorary degree in science.
4. How long something has existed.
7. Any of various small biting flies.
11. An actor's line that immediately precedes and serves as a reminder for some action or speech.
12. Seed vessel having hooks or prickles.
13. The arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek.
14. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
15. Cry plaintively.
16. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
17. Fairly small terrestrial ferns of tropical America.
20. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
22. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
24. 3 to 30 gigahertz.
25. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
26. A nation in northern North America.
30. No longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life.
33. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
37. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
38. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
42. A communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia.
43. Used of a single unit or thing.
44. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
45. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
46. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
47. Footwear usually with wooden soles.
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1. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
2. A communist state in the Caribbean on the island of Cuba.
3. An administrator in charge of a division of a university or college.
4. A French abbot.
5. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
6. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
7. A metric unit of weight equal to one thousandth of a kilogram.
8. Kamarupan languages spoken in northeastern India and western Burma.
9. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
10. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
18. Any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia.
19. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
21. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
23. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
27. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
28. A public promotion of some product or service.
29. Type genus of the Percidae.
31. Metal or plastic sheath over the end of a shoelace or ribbon.
32. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
34. An association of people to promote the welfare of senior citizens.
35. The (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb.
36. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
39. An awkward stupid person.
40. Provide with clothes or put clothes on.
41. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
42. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
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