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1. Tag the base runner to get him out.
4. An informal term for a father.
8. A former monetary unit in Great Britain.
11. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
12. In bed.
13. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
14. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
15. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
16. (usually followed by `to' or `for') On the point of or strongly disposed.
17. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
21. Coffee with the caffeine removed.
24. Of or belonging to an aecium.
27. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
28. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
29. Burrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud.
30. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
35. Green algae common in freshwater lakes of limestone districts.
39. An associate degree in applied science.
40. A mixture of mashed malt grains and hot water.
43. British dominion over India (1757-1947).
44. Intentionally so written (used after a printed word or phrase).
45. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
46. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
47. Hormone released by the hypothalamus that controls the release of thyroid-stimulating hormone from the anterior pituitary.
48. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
49. A young woman making her debut into society.
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1. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
2. Lower in esteem.
3. The cry made by sheep.
4. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
5. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
6. Lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing wholly or in part.
7. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
8. An oil port in southern Iraq.
9. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
10. The 2nd letter of the Greek alphabet.
18. Conqueror of Gaul and master of Italy (100-44 BC).
19. A fluorocarbon with chlorine.
20. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
22. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
23. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
25. A federal agency that supervises carriers that transport goods and people between states.
26. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
31. (folklore) A corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living.
32. Having the head uncovered.
33. Make less active or intense.
34. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
36. Dense growth of hairs covering the body or parts of it (as on the human head).
37. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
38. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
41. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
42. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
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