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1. A thrusting blow with a knife.
5. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
8. A guided missile fired from shipboard against an airborne target.
11. A village in eastern Ireland (northwest of Dublin).
12. Extremely pleasing.
13. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
14. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
15. An advanced law degree.
16. A woman religious.
17. An archaic name for Easter or Passover.
20. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
22. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
23. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
26. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
27. Lower in esteem.
29. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
32. The cry made by sheep.
33. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
34. An associate degree in nursing.
36. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
40. A small cake leavened with yeast.
44. The phenomenon of resistance to motion through a fluid.
45. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
47. Small short-eared burrowing mammal of rocky uplands of Asia and western North America.
48. An informal term for a father.
49. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
50. Indicating the most important performer or role.
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1. The event of something ending.
2. Thin fibrous bark of the paper mulberry and Pipturus albidus.
3. (Greek mythology) Greek god of war.
4. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
5. Streaming or flapping or spreading wide as if in a current of air.
6. United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters.
7. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
8. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
9. A popular island resort in the Netherlands Antilles.
10. Small wildcat of the mountains of Siberia Tibet and Mongolia.
18. Australian shrubs and small trees with evergreen usually spiny leaves and dense clusters of showy flowers.
19. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
21. (used of count nouns) Every one considered individually.
24. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
25. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
28. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
30. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
31. The vital principle or animating force within living things.
35. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
36. A widely distributed system consisting of all the cells able to ingest bacteria or colloidal particles etc, except for certain white blood cells.
37. A system of one or more computers and associated software with common storage.
38. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
39. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
41. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
42. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
43. Being one hundred more than two hundred.
46. Before noon.
47. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
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