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1. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
4. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
8. The United Nations agency concerned with the international collection of meteorological data.
11. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
12. Cassava with long tuberous edible roots and soft brittle stems.
13. (usually followed by `of') Released from something onerous (especially an obligation or duty).
14. One of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
15. (prefix) In front of or before in space.
16. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
17. A mountain peak in the Andes in Bolivia (21,391 feet high).
20. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
22. A Loloish language.
23. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
25. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
27. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
28. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
29. 35th President of the United States.
31. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
33. The act of scanning.
39. An associate degree in applied science.
42. Very fertile.
43. (computer science) A computer that is running software that allows users to leave messages and access information of general interest.
44. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
45. A city in the Asian part of Russia.
46. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
47. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
48. An international organization created in 1949 by the North Atlantic Treaty for purposes of collective security.
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1. A platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it.
2. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
3. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
4. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
5. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
6. A vacuum tube in which a hot cathode emits a beam of electrons that pass through a high voltage anode and are focused or deflected before hitting a phosphorescent screen.
7. Step on it.
8. Cause to happen or to occur as a consequence.
9. Tropical Asian starlings.
10. A port city of south central Ukraine on an arm of the Black Sea.
18. A port city in southwestern Iran.
19. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
21. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
24. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
26. In bed.
30. The sacred city of Lamaism.
32. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
34. 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.
35. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
36. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
37. In or of the present month.
38. A town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern Mediterranean.
40. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
41. A local computer network for communication between computers.
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