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1. Formerly a large constellation in the southern hemisphere between Canis Major and the Southern Cross.
5. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
8. Inquire about.
11. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
12. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
13. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
14. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
15. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
16. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
17. A bachelor's degree in religion.
18. The ball-and-socket joint between the head of the femur and the acetabulum.
21. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
23. A master's degree in library science.
29. A landlocked republic in eastern Africa.
32. A small cake leavened with yeast.
33. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
36. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
39. The airforce of Great Britain.
44. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
45. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
46. A quantity of no importance.
47. The network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal function.
48. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
49. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
50. The residue that remains when something is burned.
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1. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
2. Scottish philosopher of common sense who opposed the ideas of David Hume (1710-1796).
3. An anxiety disorder characterized by chronic free-floating anxiety and such symptoms as tension or sweating or trembling of light-headedness or irritability etc that has lasted for more than six months.
4. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
5. Genus of Eurasian spiny shrubs.
6. 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.
7. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
8. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
9. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
10. God of love and erotic desire.
19. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
20. Loose or flaccid body fat.
22. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
24. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
25. An unforeseen obstacle.
26. The cry made by sheep.
27. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
28. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
30. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
31. A great waterfall on the border between Brazil and Paraguay.
34. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
35. An informal term for a father.
36. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
37. South African term for `boss'.
38. A wound made by cutting.
40. At a great distance in time or space or degree.
41. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
42. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
43. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
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