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1. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
4. Fallow deer.
8. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
11. A transuranic element.
12. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
13. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
14. Extinct flightless bird of New Zealand.
15. A doctor's degree in theology.
16. The (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb.
17. Common Indian weaverbird.
19. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
20. The cry made by sheep.
21. 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).
24. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
26. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
28. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
32. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
34. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
35. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
41. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
46. Psychoactive substance present in marijuana.
47. A small cake leavened with yeast.
48. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
49. Take in solid food.
50. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
51. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
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1. Slow to learn or understand.
2. Small buffalo of the Celebes having small straight horns.
3. African mahogany trees.
4. An audiotape recording of sound.
5. A dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain.
6. Some point in the air.
7. A public promotion of some product or service.
8. Decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers.
9. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
10. An informal term for a father.
18. A large fleet.
22. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
23. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
25. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
27. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
29. A light touch or stroke.
30. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
31. A state in New England.
33. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
36. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
37. Consideration in dealing with others and avoiding giving offence.
38. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
39. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
40. A South American shrub whose leaves are chewed by natives of the Andes.
42. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
43. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
44. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
45. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
46. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
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