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1. Wet spongy ground of decomposing vegetation.
4. A master's degree in library science.
7. A dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain.
11. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
12. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
13. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
14. A beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water.
15. Imprudently incurring risk.
16. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
17. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
22. A sheet or band of fibrous connective tissue separating or binding together muscles and organs etc.
24. Greek author of fables (circa 620-560 BC).
25. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
26. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
27. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
29. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
33. A light touch or stroke.
36. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
39. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
40. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
41. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
42. The habitation of wild animals.
43. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
45. A metric unit of length equal to one hundredth of a meter.
47. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
48. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
49. (South African) A journey by ox wagon (especially an organized migration by a group of settlers).
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1. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
2. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
3. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
4. 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.
5. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
6. Interface consisting of a standard port between a computer and its peripherals that is used in some computers.
7. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
8. Any of several plants of the genus Camassia.
9. A form of energy that is transferred by a difference in temperature.
10. (used of count nouns) Every one considered individually.
18. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
19. A port city of south central Ukraine on an arm of the Black Sea.
20. A digital display that uses liquid crystal cells that change reflectivity in an applied electric field.
21. Fallow deer.
23. A public promotion of some product or service.
28. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
30. Measuring instrument in which the echo of a pulse of microwave radiation is used to detect and locate distant objects.
31. Excessively fat.
32. Indian religious leader who founded Sikhism (1469-1538).
34. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
35. A small cake leavened with yeast.
37. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
38. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
44. A state in northwestern North America.
46. A unit of weight equivalent to 1000 kilograms.
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