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1. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
4. A French abbot.
8. Any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes.
11. The vessel that contains the seeds of a plant (not the seeds themselves).
12. South African term for `boss'.
13. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
14. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
16. Minor or subordinate.
17. A barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea.
18. A bottle with a stopper.
22. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
23. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
27. Ground snakes.
31. A small cake leavened with yeast.
32. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
34. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
35. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
38. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
40. The content of cognition.
44. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
45. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
46. A lawman concerned with narcotics violations.
47. A federal agency that supervises carriers that transport goods and people between states.
48. An informal term for a father.
49. Stairway in India leading down to a landing on the water.
50. An associate degree in applied science.
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1. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
2. The closing section of a musical composition.
3. The sixth month of the civil year.
4. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
5. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
6. (used of animals especially a horse) Of a moderate reddish-brown color n 1.
7. The compass point midway between east and southeast.
8. An informal term for a father.
9. Jordan's port.
10. Wood of a sumac.
15. A periodic paperback publication.
19. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
20. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
21. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
24. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
25. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
26. The cry made by sheep.
28. A light touch or stroke.
29. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
30. A port city in southwestern Turkey on the Gulf of Antalya.
33. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
36. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
37. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
39. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
41. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
42. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
43. A legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body.
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