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1. Informal terms for a meal.
5. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
8. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
11. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
12. A flexible container with a single opening.
13. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
14. An Iranian language spoken in Afghanistan.
15. A federation of North American labor unions that merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955.
16. A rapid escape (as by criminals).
17. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
19. Lower in esteem.
24. Hungarian choreographer who developed Labanotation (1879-1958).
26. The capital of Croatia.
28. One of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
29. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
31. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
33. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
36. A small tent used as a dressing room beside the sea or a swimming pool.
40. Unknown god.
41. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
42. Long and light rowing boat.
45. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
46. The capital and largest city of Japan.
47. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
48. The basic unit of money in Western Samoa.
49. A small piece of cloth.
50. The cry made by sheep.
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1. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
2. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
3. Any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue.
4. Narrow wood or metal or plastic runners used for gliding over snow.
5. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
6. The airforce of Great Britain.
7. (Greek mythology) One of the three Graces.
8. A cord fastened around the neck with an ornamental clasp and worn as a necktie.
9. By bad luck.
10. Informal terms for a (young) woman.
18. An ancient country is southwestern Asia on the east coast of the Mediterranean.
20. Capital and largest city of Iraq.
21. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
22. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
23. A male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917).
25. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
27. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
30. (South African) A camp defended by a circular formation of wagons.
32. Arboreal snake of central and southern Africa whose bite is often fatal.
34. Jordan's port.
35. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
37. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
38. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
39. Highly excited.
43. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
44. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
45. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
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