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1. 300 to 3000 megahertz.
4. A spar rising aft from a mast to support the head of a quadrilateral fore-and-aft sail.
8. Not reflecting light.
11. A colloid in a more solid form than a sol.
12. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
13. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
14. Of or relating to a member of the Buddhist people inhabiting the Mekong river in Laos and Thailand.
15. A small cake leavened with yeast.
16. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
17. A medicinal drug used to evoke vomiting (especially in cases of drug overdose or poisoning).
21. God of wisdom or prophesy.
25. A member of a people who have no permanent home but move about according to the seasons.
29. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
31. An accountant certified by the state.
32. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
33. The district occupied entirely by the city of Washington.
35. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
39. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
42. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
44. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
45. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
47. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
48. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
49. A thrusting blow with a knife.
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1. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
2. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
3. A flat mass of ice (smaller than an ice field) floating at sea.
4. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
5. Any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia.
6. A trivial lie.
7. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
8. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
9. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
10. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
18. Relatively low in price or charging low prices.
19. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
20. Strike sharply.
22. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
23. Government agency created in 1974 to license and regulate nuclear power plants.
24. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
26. The month following February and preceding April.
27. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
28. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
30. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
34. Wearing or provided with clothing.
36. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
37. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
38. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
40. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
41. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
42. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
43. An audiotape recording of sound.
44. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
46. An honorary degree in science.
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