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1. A state of southwestern India.
4. (law) A comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy.
8. (slang) A gangster's pistol.
11. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
12. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
13. A rapid bustling commotion.
14. A unit of force equal to the force exerted by gravity.
15. A decree that prohibits something.
17. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
19. On a ship, train, plane or other vehicle.
23. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
24. An informal conversation.
25. A lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood.
26. A federation of North American labor unions that merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955.
27. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
30. A person forced to flee from home or country.
32. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
33. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
37. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
39. Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods.
40. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
45. An adherent of any branch of Taoism.
46. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
47. Of or relating to or characteristic of the Republic of Chad or its people or language.
48. The rate at which energy is drawn from a source that produces a flow of electricity in a circuit.
49. An associate degree in applied science.
50. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
51. An audiotape recording of sound.
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1. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
2. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
3. (informal) Of the highest quality.
4. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
5. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
6. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
7. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
8. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
9. The sixth month of the civil year.
10. Scottish chemist noted for his research into the structure of nucleic acids (born in 1907).
16. A long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur.
18. A lottery in which the prizes are goods rather than money.
20. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
21. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
22. A rapid series of short loud sounds (as might be heard with a stethoscope in some types of respiratory disorders).
28. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
29. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
31. The capital of Cape Verde on Sao Tiago Island.
32. (informal) Of the highest quality.
34. Held back.
35. Botswanan statesman who was the first president of Botswana (1921-1980).
36. At or on or to the masthead or upper rigging of a ship.
38. King of Saudi Arabia since 1982 (born in 1922).
39. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
41. Any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes.
42. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
43. The cry made by sheep.
44. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
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