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1. Wet spongy ground of decomposing vegetation.
4. A barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea.
7. In bed.
11. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
12. Someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential).
13. The arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek.
14. A beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water.
15. The cry made by sheep.
16. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
17. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
23. A motley assortment of things.
28. (computer science) A computer that is running software that allows users to leave messages and access information of general interest.
29. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
31. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
33. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
34. United States writer of poems and plays about racial conflict (born in 1934).
39. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
43. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
44. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
47. The act of slowing down or falling behind.
48. A decree that prohibits something.
49. A heavy long-handled hammer used to drive stakes or wedges.
50. 4-wheeled motor vehicle.
51. 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.
52. A French abbot.
53. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
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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 light touch or stroke.
5. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
6. A master's degree in business.
7. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
8. A member of an agricultural people of southern India.
9. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
10. An informal term for a father.
18. Nut of any of several trees of the genus Corylus.
19. Of or relating to the stomach and intestines.
20. System of measurement based on centimeters and grams and seconds.
21. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
22. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
24. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
25. A small ball with a hole through the middle.
26. A public promotion of some product or service.
27. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
30. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
32. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
35. Type genus of the Anatidae.
36. Type genus of the Ranidae.
37. God of love and erotic desire.
38. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
39. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
40. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
41. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
42. A city in northern India.
45. An awkward and inexperienced youth.
46. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
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