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1. A long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur.
4. Type genus of the Amiidae.
8. A decree that prohibits something.
11. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
12. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
13. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
14. The starting place for each hole on a golf course.
15. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
16. (Scotland) A small loaf or roll of soft bread.
17. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
19. Lower in esteem.
24. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
26. The cry made by sheep.
28. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
32. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
35. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
37. A flexible container with a single opening.
40. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
41. A fraudulent business scheme.
43. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
46. A port in southwestern Scotland.
48. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
49. In or of the month preceding the present one.
50. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
51. Perennial herb of East India to Polynesia and Australia cultivated for its large edible root yielding Otaheite arrowroot starch.
52. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
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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. (informal) Of the highest quality.
4. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
5. (informal) Roused to anger.
6. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
7. A large fleet.
8. A small cake leavened with yeast.
9. By bad luck.
10. The back side of the neck.
18. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
20. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
21. An informal term for a father.
22. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
23. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
25. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
27. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
29. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
30. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
31. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
33. Spiritual leader of a Jewish congregation.
34. Any plant of the genus Erica.
36. Any group or radical of the form RCO- where R is an organic group.
37. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
38. Offering fun and gaiety.
39. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
42. The products of human creativity.
44. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
45. A reproach for some lapse or misdeed.
46. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
47. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
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