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1. The month following August and preceding October.
5. The cry made by sheep.
8. Inquire about.
11. An Indian nursemaid who looks after children.
12. An edge tool used to cut and shape wood.
13. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
14. English courtier (a favorite of Elizabeth I) who tried to colonize Virginia.
16. An honorary degree in science.
17. A state in northwestern North America.
18. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
22. Small cubes with 1 to 6 spots on the faces.
24. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
25. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
27. A genus of Ploceidae.
30. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
31. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
32. In bed.
35. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
40. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
41. Great coolness and composure under strain.
43. A ductile silvery-white ductile ferromagnetic trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
44. 30 to 300 kilohertz.
45. A flexible container with a single opening.
46. Not only so, but.
49. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
50. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
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.
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1. A deep orange-red variety of chalcedony.
2. An unfledged or nestling hawk.
3. A close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities.
4. (Greek mythology) The Titaness who was mother of Helios and Selene and Eos in ancient mythology.
5. The dialect of Malay used as the national language of the Republic of Indonesia or of Malaysia.
6. A public promotion of some product or service.
7. The azimuth of a celestial body is the angle between the vertical plane containing it and the plane of the meridian.
8. A city in northern India.
9. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
10. God of love and erotic desire.
15. South American cavy.
19. A piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep.
20. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
21. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
23. A state in midwestern United States.
26. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
28. Herb of the Pacific islands grown throughout the tropics for its edible root and in temperate areas as an ornamental for its large glossy leaves.
29. Hormone produced early in pregnancy by the placenta.
33. The principal evil jinni in Islamic mythology.
34. Little known Kamarupan languages.
36. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
37. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
38. Norwegian mathematician (1802-1829).
39. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
42. Type genus of the family Myacidae.
47. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
48. A soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent and univalent) metallic element.
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