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1. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
4. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
7. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
11. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
12. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
13. The sediment from fermentation of an alcoholic beverage.
14. A light touch or stroke.
15. A flexible container with a single opening.
16. Step on it.
17. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
19. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
21. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
24. Being one hundred more than three hundred.
25. A master's degree in business.
26. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances.
29. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
31. (Greek legend) The greedy king of Phrygia who Dionysus gave the power to turn everything he touched into gold.
33. Before noon.
34. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
35. Liquid containing proteins and electrolytes including the liquid in blood plasma and interstitial fluid.
37. A small vessel for travel on water.
40. A large and densely populated urban area.
43. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
45. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
46. Largest known toad species.
47. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
48. The cry made by sheep.
49. Utter a high-pitched cry, characteristic of pigs.
50. A doctor's degree in education.
51. The sign language used in the United States.
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1. An informal term for a father.
2. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
3. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
4. A ductile silvery-white ductile ferromagnetic trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
5. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
6. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
7. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
8. Hungarian composer of light operas (1870-1948).
9. Small South American spiny tree with dark crimson and scarlet flowers solitary or clustered.
10. An association of nations dedicated to economic and political cooperation in southeastern Asia.
18. Arboreal snake of central and southern Africa whose bite is often fatal.
20. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
22. Lower in esteem.
23. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
27. A public promotion of some product or service.
28. Cause to feel resentment or indignation.
30. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
32. Any of a group of heavenly spirits under the god Anu.
33. God of the earth.
36. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
38. A river that rises in northeastern Turkey (near the source of the Euphrates) and flows generally eastward through Armenia to the Caspian Sea.
39. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
41. A large cask especially one holding a volume equivalent to 2 butts or 252 gals.
42. Noisy talk.
44. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
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