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1. A long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur.
4. An ancient kingdom of southern Palestine with Jerusalem as its center.
8. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
11. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
12. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
13. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
14. Any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species.
15. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
17. Informal terms for a mother.
18. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
20. A port city in southwestern Iran.
24. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
25. Largest crested screamer.
28. A Russian river.
29. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
30. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
32. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
36. The part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands.
39. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
41. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
42. A port in western Israel on the Mediterranean.
43. Large luxurious car.
44. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
45. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
48. A run that is the result of the batter's performance.
49. Being one more than eighteen.
50. A French abbot.
51. A coenzyme derived from the B vitamin nicotinic acid.
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1. A small cake leavened with yeast.
2. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
3. (informal) Of the highest quality.
4. Immense East Indian fruit resembling breadfruit of.
5. A member of the Shoshonean people of Utah and Colorado and New Mexico.
6. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
7. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
8. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
9. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
10. The act of scanning.
16. The dialect of Malay used as the national language of the Republic of Indonesia or of Malaysia.
19. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
21. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
22. A decree that prohibits something.
23. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
26. A very light colorless element that is one of the six inert gasses.
27. The executive agency that advises the President on the federal budget.
31. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
32. A member of the Shoshonean people of Utah and Colorado and New Mexico.
33. (in Scotland) A child.
34. A Bantu language spoken by the Kamba people in Kenya.
35. (botany) Relating to a plant of the family Araceae.
37. Medium-sized tree having glossy lanceolate leaves.
38. The second largest city in Tunisia.
40. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
46. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
47. A rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys.
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