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1. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
4. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
8. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
11. Step on it.
12. The sixth month of the civil year.
13. United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters.
14. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
15. (Greek mythology) The goddess of youth and spring.
16. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
17. (informal) Exceptionally good.
19. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
21. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
24. 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.
27. A lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood.
28. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
29. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
35. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
40. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
43. A bachelor's degree in religion.
44. Tag the base runner to get him out.
46. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
48. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
49. The cry made by sheep.
50. An informal term for a father.
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1. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
2. A person who has lied or who lies repeatedly.
3. A three-tone Chadic language.
4. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
5. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
6. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
7. Of or relating to or involving an area.
8. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
9. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
10. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
18. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
20. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
22. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
23. A small cake leavened with yeast.
25. A public promotion of some product or service.
26. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
30. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
31. An enclosed space.
32. An associate degree in nursing.
33. Marked by excessive enthusiasm for and intense devotion to a cause or idea.
34. A genus of Ploceidae.
36. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
37. Having nine hinged bands of bony plates.
38. A state in north central United States.
39. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
41. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
42. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
45. 16 ounces.
47. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
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