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1. A broad flat muscle on either side of the back.
4. Austrian physicist and philosopher who introduced the Mach number and who founded logical positivism (1838-1916).
8. The sound made by corvine birds.
11. An inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others.
12. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
13. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
14. A resource.
15. Concerning those not members of the clergy.
16. A piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep.
17. Sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with gray furry ears and coat.
19. Remote city of Kazakhstan that (ostensibly for security reasons) was made the capital in 1998.
21. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
22. Put (things or places) in order.
23. Small tropical American tree bearing edible plumlike fruit.
25. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
29. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
32. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
34. A heavy brittle metallic element of the platinum group.
35. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
36. A kind of heavy jacket (`windcheater' is a British term).
39. A small cake leavened with yeast.
43. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
44. Any of various coarse shrubby plants of the genus Iva with small greenish flowers.
47. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
48. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
49. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
50. Game in which matchsticks are arranged in rows and players alternately remove one or more of them.
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1. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
2. A fee charged for exchanging currencies.
3. A member of a pastoral people living in the Nilgiri hills of southern India.
4. The capital and largest city of Equatorial Guinea on the island of Bioko in the Gulf of Guinea.
5. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
6. Of or relating to Chios.
7. Small striped semiterrestrial eastern American squirrel with cheek pouches.
8. Son of John Cabot who was born in Italy and who led an English expedition in search of the Northwest Passage and a Spanish expedition that explored the La Plata region of Brazil.
9. A poplar that is widely cultivated in the United States.
10. Chief god.
18. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
20. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
24. (Judaism) Sacred chest where the ancient Hebrews kept the two tablets containing the Ten Commandments.
26. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
27. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
28. A native of ancient Troy.
30. An anti-TNF compound (trade name Arava) that is given orally.
31. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
33. The cry made by sheep.
37. Bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves.
38. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
40. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
41. 4-wheeled motor vehicle.
42. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
45. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
46. A state in northwestern North America.
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