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1. A French abbot.
5. The compass point midway between south and southeast.
8. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
11. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
12. (informal) Of the highest quality.
13. The upper side of the thighs of a seated person.
14. Flemish painter who was a founder of the Flemish school of painting and to have pioneered modern techniques of oil painting (1390-1441).
15. The act of slowing down or falling behind.
16. The compass point that is one point east of due south.
17. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
20. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
24. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
27. The mission in San Antonio where in 1836 Mexican forces under Santa Anna besieged and massacred American rebels who were fighting to make Texas independent of Mexico.
30. Radioactive iodine test that measures the amount of radioactive iodine taken up by the thyroid gland.
33. In bed.
34. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
35. Rapid and indistinct speech.
42. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
43. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
45. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
46. A tax levied on the difference between a commodity's price before taxes and its cost of production.
48. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
49. The residue that remains when something is burned.
50. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
51. A master's degree in fine arts.
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1. Norwegian mathematician (1802-1829).
2. Common Indian weaverbird.
3. German organist and contrapuntist (1685-1750).
4. Large northern deer with enormous flattened antlers in the male.
5. Food mixtures either arranged on a plate or tossed and served with a moist dressing.
6. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
7. A graphical record of electrical activity of the brain.
8. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
9. A small cake leavened with yeast.
10. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
18. The cry made by sheep.
19. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
21. Syncopated music in duple time for dancing the rumba.
22. An informal term for a father.
23. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
25. Informal terms for a mother.
26. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
28. A state in New England.
29. A doctor's degree in optometry.
31. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
32. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
36. A river that rises in northeastern Turkey (near the source of the Euphrates) and flows generally eastward through Armenia to the Caspian Sea.
37. The 2nd letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
38. God of love and erotic desire.
39. The inner surface of the hand from the wrist to the base of the fingers.
40. French cabaret singer (1915-1963).
41. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
44. Nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate.
47. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
48. A public promotion of some product or service.
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