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1. The compass point that is one point south of due east.
4. A decree that prohibits something.
7. North American woodland herb similar to and used as substitute for the Chinese ginseng.
11. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
12. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
13. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
14. Any of numerous low-growing cushion-forming plants of the genus Draba having rosette-forming leaves and terminal racemes of small flowers with scapose or leafy stems.
16. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
17. A member of the Semitic speaking people of northern Ethiopia.
20. A port city in southwestern Turkey on the Gulf of Antalya.
22. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
25. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
28. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
31. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
32. A light touch or stroke.
33. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
35. A small cake leavened with yeast.
43. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
46. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
47. Of a light yellowish-brown color n 1.
48. A Loloish language.
49. Having leadership guidance.
50. Inquire about.
51. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
52. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
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1. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
2. A commercial leavening agent containing yeast cells.
3. Title for the former hereditary monarch of Iran.
4. The hair growing on the lower part of a man's face.
5. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
6. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
7. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
8. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
9. The compass point that is one point east of northeast.
10. Cheap showy jewelry or ornament or clothing.
15. The cry made by sheep.
18. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
19. The capital and chief port of Qatar.
21. The act of slowing down or falling behind.
23. Of or relating to the stomach and intestines.
24. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
26. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
27. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
29. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
30. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
34. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
36. Type genus of the Anatidae.
37. A financial institution that accepts deposits and channels the money into lending activities.
38. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
39. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
40. Surrealist Spanish painter (1904-1989).
41. In bed.
42. A quantity of no importance.
44. Tastelessness by virtue of being cheap and vulgar.
45. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
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