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1. Wet spongy ground of decomposing vegetation.
4. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
7. Fabric dyed with splotches of green and brown and black and tan.
11. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
12. (slang) A gangster's pistol.
13. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
14. An affirmative.
15. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
16. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
17. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
22. A light touch or stroke.
23. A large fleet.
26. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
30. The cry made by sheep.
31. Material used to daub walls.
32. An associate degree in applied science.
35. A small cake leavened with yeast.
42. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
46. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
47. A serve that strikes the net before falling into the receiver's court.
48. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
49. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
50. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
51. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
52. Either extremity of something that has length.
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1. Common Indian weaverbird.
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. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
5. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
6. (of securities) Not quoted on a stock exchange.
7. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
8. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
9. Informal terms for a mother.
10. A strategically located monarchy on the southern and eastern coasts of the Arabian Peninsula.
18. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
19. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
20. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
21. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
24. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
25. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
27. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
28. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
29. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
33. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
34. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
36. In bed.
37. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
38. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
39. Moderate or restrain.
40. English actor noted for his portrayals of Shakespeare's great tragic characters (1789-1833).
41. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
43. The shorter of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
44. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
45. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
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