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1. Inquire about.
4. Interface consisting of a standard port between a computer and its peripherals that is used in some computers.
8. A unit of pain intensity.
11. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
12. German chemist who was co-discoverer with Lise Meitner of nuclear fission (1879-1968).
13. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
14. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
15. Large elliptical brightly colored deep-sea fish of Atlantic and Pacific and Mediterranean.
16. 100 fen equal 1 yuan.
17. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
20. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
23. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
24. An associate degree in applied science.
26. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
27. (informal) Exceptionally good.
28. Not only so, but.
31. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
35. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
37. King of Saudi Arabia since 1982 (born in 1922).
38. A user interface in which you type commands instead of choosing them from a menu or selecting an icon.
39. The lower house of the parliament of the Republic of Ireland.
43. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
44. A passage with access only at one end.
45. An informal term for a father.
46. Estrangement from god.
47. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
48. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
49. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
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1. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
2. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
3. God of love and erotic desire.
4. Full of submerged reefs or sandbanks or shoals.
5. A tight-fitting headdress.
6. Title for the former hereditary monarch of Iran.
7. Antibacterial drug (trade name Nydrazid) used to treat tuberculosis.
8. Little known Kamarupan languages.
9. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
10. A Russian river.
18. An archaic name for Easter or Passover.
19. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
21. A small cake leavened with yeast.
22. 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.
25. 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).
29. The twelfth month of the civil year.
30. Moving quickly and lightly.
32. Strong lightweight wood of the balsa tree used especially for floats.
33. A major European river carrying more traffic than any other river in the world.
34. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
36. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
40. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
41. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
42. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
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