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1. Wet spongy ground of decomposing vegetation.
4. Rate of revolution of a motor.
7. German organist and contrapuntist (1685-1750).
11. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
12. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
13. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
14. A beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water.
15. A piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep.
16. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
17. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
20. A Mid-Atlantic state.
23. An Eskimo hut.
28. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
29. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
30. Singing jazz.
33. A lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood.
34. A chain of connected ideas or passages or objects so arranged that each member is closely related to the preceding and following members (especially a series of patristic comments elucidating Christian dogma).
37. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
41. A transuranic element.
42. Largest known toad species.
45. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
46. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
47. The rounded seed-bearing capsule of a cotton or flax plant.
48. A fluorocarbon with chlorine.
49. At a great distance in time or space or degree.
50. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
51. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
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1. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
2. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
3. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
4. Spiritual leader of a Jewish congregation.
5. Appeal or request earnestly.
6. (informal) Roused to anger.
7. A small cake leavened with yeast.
8. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
9. Of or relating to or characteristic of the Republic of Chad or its people or language.
10. Exhibiting or restored to vigorous good health.
18. Ending in a sharp point.
19. Any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species.
21. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
22. Nonresinous wood of a fir tree.
24. The residue that remains when something is burned.
25. Offering fun and gaiety.
26. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
27. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
31. Any plant of the genus Canna having large sheathing leaves and clusters of large showy flowers.
32. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
35. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
36. Highly excited.
37. A public promotion of some product or service.
38. The state of needing something that is absent or unavailable.
39. A small restaurant where drinks and snacks are sold.
40. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
43. (Norse mythology) One of the Aesir known for his beauty and skill with bow and skis.
44. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
45. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
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