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1. Inquire about.
4. A fricative sound (especially as an expression of disapproval).
8. The syllable naming the first (tonic) note of any major scale in solmization.
11. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
12. A member of an extinct North American Indian people who lived in the Pit river valley in northern California.
13. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
14. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
15. A mountainous landlocked communist state in southeastern Asia.
16. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
17. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
22. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
23. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
24. Hormone produced early in pregnancy by the placenta.
25. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
27. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
29. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
36. A close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities.
37. A kind of heavy jacket (`windcheater' is a British term).
38. Take in, also metaphorically.
40. Type genus of the Rutaceae.
41. (meaning literally `born') Used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman.
42. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
44. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
45. The organ of sight (`peeper' is an informal term for `eye').
46. The cry made by sheep.
47. The outermost (and toughest) of the 3 meninges.
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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. God of love and erotic desire.
4. Type genus of the Hylidae.
5. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
6. An ancient musical horn made from the horn of a ram.
7. A female person who has the same parents as another person.
8. Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods.
9. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
10. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
18. (Judaism) A Jewish festival (traditionally 8 days) celebrating the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt.
19. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
20. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
21. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
26. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
28. Away from the mouth or oral region.
30. Tropical American tree having edible fruit with a leathery rind.
31. American dramatist (1928- ).
32. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
33. (Akkadian) Mother and earth goddess in Gilgamish epic.
34. A member of the Mongolian people of central Asia who invaded Russia in the 13th century.
35. Jordan's port.
39. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
43. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
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