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1. The sign language used in the United States.
4. Strong woody fibers obtained especially from the phloem of from various plants.
8. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
11. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
12. The persistence of a sound after its source has stopped.
13. Extinct flightless bird of New Zealand.
14. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
15. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
16. Consisting of or made of wood of the oak tree.
17. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
19. Doglike nocturnal mammal of Africa and southern Asia that feeds chiefly on carrion.
24. The executive agency that advises the President on the federal budget.
25. The 11th letter of the Greek alphabet.
27. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
28. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
29. A small cake leavened with yeast.
32. God of wealth and love.
36. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
39. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
41. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
42. A cooler darker spot appearing periodically on the surface of the sun.
44. Ancient Hebrew unit of liquid measure = 1.5 gallons.
47. (informal) Roused to anger.
48. A doctor's degree in education.
49. A tax on employees and employers that is used to fund the Social Security system.
50. A fatal disease of cattle that affects the central nervous system.
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1. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
2. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
3. The act of slowing down or falling behind.
4. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity equal to 10 decibels.
5. (informal) Of the highest quality.
6. Title for the former hereditary monarch of Iran.
7. The capital and largest city of Japan.
8. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
9. The provision of money temporarily (usually at interest).
10. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
18. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
20. Type genus of the Amiidae.
21. A doctor's degree in dental medicine.
22. A bachelor's degree in religion.
23. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
26. A public promotion of some product or service.
30. (of reproduction) Not involving the fusion of male and female gametes reproduction".
31. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
33. A gray tetravalent metallic element that resembles zirconium chemically and is found in zirconium minerals.
34. A pale rose-colored variety of the ruby spinel.
35. Especially a leaf of grass or the broad portion of a leaf as distinct from the petiole.
37. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
38. The basic unit of money in South Africa.
40. Slow to learn or understand.
43. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
45. A radioactive transuranic element.
46. A state in New England.
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