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1. The compass point that is one point south of due west.
4. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
8. A vest pocket to hold a pocket watch.
11. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
12. Stalk of a moss capsule.
13. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
14. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
15. Young sheep.
16. Lap that forms a cloth border doubled back and stitched down v 1.
17. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
22. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
27. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
30. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
32. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
33. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
35. God of wealth and love.
38. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
42. Tag the base runner to get him out.
43. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
44. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
46. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
47. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
48. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
49. The network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal function.
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1. A long flag.
2. English monk and scholar (672-735).
3. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
4. The sign language used in the United States.
5. Lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing wholly or in part.
6. A unit of pressure.
7. A light touch or stroke.
8. Of a temperature scale that registers the freezing point of water as 32 degrees F and the boiling point as 212 degrees F at one atmosphere of pressure.
9. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
10. Area around the altar of a church for the clergy and choir.
18. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
19. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
20. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
21. Sour or bitter in taste.
23. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
24. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
25. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
26. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
28. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
29. Involving two dimensions.
31. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
34. Informal terms for a (young) woman.
36. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
37. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
39. At a great distance in time or space or degree.
40. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
41. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
45. A bachelor's degree in religion.
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