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1. A long thin piece of cloth or paper as used for binding or fastening.
5. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
8. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
11. Assist or encourage, usually in some wrongdoing.
12. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
13. United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters.
14. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
17. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
18. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
19. A public promotion of some product or service.
24. A Hindu disciple of a swami.
27. The capital of Croatia.
28. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
30. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
31. Fiddler crabs.
34. A metallic element of the rare earth group.
36. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
37. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
38. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
40. Hormones (estrogen and progestin) are given to postmenopausal women.
43. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
45. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
47. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
48. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
49. On or toward the lee.
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1. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
2. Norwegian mathematician (1802-1829).
3. Having nine hinged bands of bony plates.
4. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
5. A heavy ductile magnetic metallic element.
6. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
7. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
8. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
9. A small cake leavened with yeast.
10. Wearing or provided with clothing.
15. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
16. A narcotic that is considered a hard drug.
20. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
21. A type of submachine gun that is designed and manufactured in Israel.
22. Wife of Balder.
23. Relating to the Urdu language.
25. A unit of power equal to 746 watts.
26. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
29. King of Wessex.
32. A telegram sent abroad.
33. Lower in esteem.
35. Pompous or pretentious talk or writing.
39. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
41. The bill in a restaurant.
42. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
43. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
44. A state in northwestern North America.
46. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
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