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1. The sign language used in the United States.
4. The compass point midway between south and southwest.
7. North American woodland herb similar to and used as substitute for the Chinese ginseng.
11. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
12. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
13. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
14. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
15. The compass point that is one point west of due north.
16. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
17. A public promotion of some product or service.
20. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
22. One of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
23. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
25. Liquid containing proteins and electrolytes including the liquid in blood plasma and interstitial fluid.
27. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
29. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
32. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
35. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
37. The (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb.
39. The basic unit of money on Malta.
40. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
43. Any of various coarse shrubby plants of the genus Iva with small greenish flowers.
44. Water frozen in the solid state.
46. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
47. An interest followed with exaggerated zeal.
48. A small cake leavened with yeast.
49. Brief episode in which the brain gets insufficient blood supply.
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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. The act of slowing down or falling behind.
4. In the Arabian Nights a hero who tells of the fantastic adventures he had in his voyages.
5. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
6. The 6th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
7. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
8. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
9. The compass point that is one point east of northeast.
10. Cheap showy jewelry or ornament or clothing.
18. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
19. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
21. (pathology) An elevation of the skin filled with serous fluid.
24. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
26. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
28. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
30. Any plant of the genus Erica.
31. Having the head uncovered.
33. A brief stanza concluding certain forms of poetry.
34. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
36. An island in Indonesia south of Borneo.
38. Channel into a new direction.
41. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
42. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
45. A Russian river.
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