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1. The villain in William Shakespeare's tragedy who tricked Othello into murdering his wife.
5. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
8. An enclosed space.
11. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
12. Tag the base runner to get him out.
13. One of the most common of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
14. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
15. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
16. Type genus of Hydnaceae.
17. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
20. (Scotland) A small loaf or roll of soft bread.
21. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
26. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
28. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
29. Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods.
32. The dynasty that ruled much of Manchuria and northeastern China from 947 to 1125.
36. A small cake leavened with yeast.
39. German romantic poet (1787-1862).
41. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
44. North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean.
45. A legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body.
46. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
47. A score in baseball made by a runner touching all four bases safely.
48. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
49. A quantity of no importance.
50. An affirmative.
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1. The content of cognition.
2. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
3. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
4. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
5. An organization of independent states to promote international peace and security.
6. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
7. Make amends for.
8. In the Arabian Nights a hero who tells of the fantastic adventures he had in his voyages.
9. Largest known toad species.
10. Providing sophisticated amusement by virtue of having artificially (and vulgarly) mannered or banal or sentimental qualities.
18. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
19. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
22. South African plant widely cultivated for its showy pure white spathe and yellow spadix.
23. Before noon.
24. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
25. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
27. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
30. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
31. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
33. Tall timber tree of New Zealand having white straight-grained wood.
34. Issue or terminate (in a specified way, state, etc.).
35. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
37. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
38. A vessel in which something is immersed to maintain it at a constant temperature or to process or lubricate it.
39. Unknown god.
40. Queen of the Olympian gods in ancient Greek mythology.
42. A decree that prohibits something.
43. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
44. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
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