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1. The sign language used in the United States.
4. The month following September and preceding November.
7. Common Indian weaverbird.
11. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
12. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
13. In bed.
14. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
15. At a great distance in time or space or degree.
16. The basic unit of money in Western Samoa.
17. A public promotion of some product or service.
20. A unit of luminous flux equal to the amount of light given out through a solid angle of 1 steradian by a point source of 1 candela intensity radiating uniformly in all directions.
21. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
23. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
26. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
30. The cry made by sheep.
31. A Mid-Atlantic state.
32. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
34. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
36. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
39. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
43. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
46. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
47. (prefix) Bad or erroneous or lack of.
49. A sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain.
50. The residue that remains when something is burned.
51. Give over.
52. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
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1. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
2. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
3. The act of slowing down or falling behind.
4. Viscera and trimmings of a butchered animal often considered inedible by humans.
5. Largest crested screamer.
6. A village in eastern Ireland (northwest of Dublin).
7. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
8. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
9. A loud utterance.
10. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
18. An enclosed space.
19. A master's degree in fine arts.
22. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
24. An informal term for a father.
25. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
27. A small cake leavened with yeast.
28. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
29. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
33. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
35. Lower in esteem.
36. Nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate.
37. (Greek mythology) Goddess of discord.
38. A vigorous blow.
40. German organist and contrapuntist (1685-1750).
41. (Polynesian) An alcoholic drink made from the aromatic roots of the kava shrub.
42. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
44. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
45. An anxiety disorder characterized by chronic free-floating anxiety and such symptoms as tension or sweating or trembling of light-headedness or irritability etc that has lasted for more than six months.
48. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
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