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1. An erratic deflection from an intended course.
4. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
8. The syllable naming the first (tonic) note of any major scale in solmization.
11. To make a mistake or be incorrect.
12. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
13. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
14. (informal) Of the highest quality.
15. A complex red organic pigment containing iron and other atoms to which oxygen binds.
16. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
17. A large building at an airport where aircraft can be stored and maintained.
22. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
27. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
30. A telegram sent abroad.
32. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
35. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances.
37. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
39. The atomic weight of an element that has the same combining capacity as a given weight of another element.
40. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
45. Herb of the Pacific islands grown throughout the tropics for its edible root and in temperate areas as an ornamental for its large glossy leaves.
46. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
47. Extremely pleasing.
48. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
49. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
50. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. Not only so, but.
2. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
3. English architect who designed more than fifty London churches (1632-1723).
4. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
5. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
6. How long something has existed.
7. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
8. Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods.
9. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
10. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
18. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
19. Before noon.
20. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
21. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
23. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
24. Counting the number of white and red blood cells and the number of platelets in 1 cubic millimeter of blood.
25. United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters.
26. The cry made by sheep.
28. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
29. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
31. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
33. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
34. Jordan's port.
36. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
38. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
41. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
42. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
43. One of the most common of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
44. A master's degree in fine arts.
45. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
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