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1. Metal or earthenware cooking vessel that is usually round and deep.
4. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
7. A company emblem or device.
11. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
12. The cry made by sheep.
13. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
14. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
17. Small cubes with 1 to 6 spots on the faces.
18. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
19. A steep rugged rock or cliff.
21. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
22. A long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur.
23. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
25. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
29. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
36. Conqueror of Gaul and master of Italy (100-44 BC).
39. 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.
40. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
41. An informal term for a father.
44. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
45. The use of nuclear magnetic resonance of protons to produce proton density images.
47. A graphical recording of the cardiac cycle produced by an electrocardiograph.
48. (Roman mythology) Goddess of abundance and fertility.
49. Type genus of the Anatidae.
50. Narrow wood or metal or plastic runners used for gliding over snow.
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1. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
2. Using speech rather than writing.
3. A fine grained mineral having a soft soapy feel and consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate.
4. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
5. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
6. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
7. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
8. An unabridged dictionary constructed on historical principles.
9. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
10. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
15. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
16. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
20. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
24. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
26. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
27. A soft silvery metallic element of the rare earth group.
28. An angular shape characterized by sharp turns in alternating directions.
30. A native of ancient Troy.
31. A fatal disease of cattle that affects the central nervous system.
32. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
33. Wasting of the body during a chronic disease.
34. Having the wind against the forward side of the sails.
35. Any of a group of heavenly spirits under the god Anu.
37. An association of people to promote the welfare of senior citizens.
38. (Greek mythology) Goddess of discord.
42. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
43. Any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes.
46. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
47. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
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