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1. A state of southwestern India.
4. Serving as or forming a base.
8. Small compact smooth-coated breed of Asiatic origin having a tightly curled tail and broad flat wrinkled muzzle.
11. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
12. A cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment).
13. The sign language used in the United States.
14. Any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species.
15. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
16. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
17. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
19. British colonial financier and statesman in South Africa.
23. An associate degree in applied science.
24. Any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae.
26. (usually followed by `to') Having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something.
27. A midnight meeting of witches to practice witchcraft and sorcery.
30. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
31. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
36. A flexible container with a single opening.
41. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
42. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
43. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
44. United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters.
45. A light touch or stroke.
46. Port city that is the capital and largest city of Latvia.
47. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
48. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 100 liters.
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1. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
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. Divulge information or secrets.
5. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
6. Scarabaeid beetle considered divine by ancient Egyptians.
7. The branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication.
8. A genus of Ploceidae.
9. Widely distributed lichens usually having a grayish or yellow pendulous freely branched thallus.
10. A brittle transparent solid with irregular atomic structure.
18. In the Arabian Nights a hero who tells of the fantastic adventures he had in his voyages.
20. Consisting of one of two equivalent parts in value or quantity.
21. A small cake leavened with yeast.
22. Moderate or restrain.
25. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
28. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
29. A Bantu language spoken by the Chaga people in northern Tanzania.
32. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
33. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
34. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
35. The arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek.
37. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
38. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
39. The 21st letter of the Greek alphabet.
40. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
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