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1. (informal) Being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition.
5. A long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur.
8. Inquire about.
11. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
12. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
13. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
14. Divisible by two.
15. Noisy talk.
16. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
17. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
20. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
23. A digital display that uses liquid crystal cells that change reflectivity in an applied electric field.
25. A family of North American Indian language spoken in southwestern United States.
29. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
32. Lower in esteem.
33. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
35. A broad flat muscle on either side of the back.
36. A heavy brittle metallic element of the platinum group.
37. A metallic element of the rare earth group.
41. A small cake leavened with yeast.
46. Any of various coarse shrubby plants of the genus Iva with small greenish flowers.
48. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
49. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
50. An informal term for a father.
51. A light touch or stroke.
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1. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
2. (Polynesian) An alcoholic drink made from the aromatic roots of the kava shrub.
3. Norwegian mathematician (1802-1829).
4. A language group of the Hokan family.
5. Common Indian weaverbird.
6. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
7. Black-and-white short-necked web-footed diving bird of northern seas.
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.
18. A flexible container with a single opening.
19. In the Arabian Nights a hero who tells of the fantastic adventures he had in his voyages.
21. A linear unit of length equal to 12 inches or a third of a yard.
22. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
24. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
26. Annual grass of Europe and North Africa.
27. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
28. A colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube.
30. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
31. The square of a body of any size of type.
34. An anti-TNF compound (trade name Arava) that is given orally.
38. King of Saudi Arabia since 1982 (born in 1922).
39. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
40. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
42. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
43. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
44. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
45. An informal term for a father.
46. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
47. A public promotion of some product or service.
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