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1. The compass point that is one point west of due south.
4. A spar rising aft from a mast to support the head of a quadrilateral fore-and-aft sail.
8. The seventh and last day of the week.
11. 10 hao equal 1 dong.
12. A Loloish language.
13. Electronic equipment that provides visual images of varying electrical quantities.
14. The sign language used in the United States.
15. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
16. The month following July and preceding September.
17. An oral cephalosporin (trade names Keflex and Keflin and Keftab) commonly prescribe for mild to moderately severe infections of the skin or ears or throat or lungs or urinary tract.
19. (folklore) A corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living.
21. A spread made chiefly from vegetable oils and used as a substitute for butter.
22. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
24. Relating to or characteristic of alps.
26. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
27. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
28. A state in midwestern United States.
30. American dramatist (1928- ).
34. High quality grape brandy distilled in the Cognac district of France.
38. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
39. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
40. A barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports.
42. (Irish) The sea personified.
43. Wet spongy ground of decomposing vegetation.
44. Not divisible by two.
46. A unit of force equal to the force exerted by gravity.
47. (used as a combining form) Recent or new.
48. Employed in accomplishing something.
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1. Tall hat.
2. A city in northwestern Switzerland.
3. United States writer who has written extensively on American culture (born in 1931).
4. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
5. Jordan's port.
6. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
7. The season when the leaves fall from the trees.
8. A fraudulent business scheme.
9. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
10. A one-piece cloak worn by men in ancient Rome.
18. The sound of an alarm (usually a bell).
20. Strike with disgust or revulsion.
23. The cry made by sheep.
25. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
29. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
31. A pale rose-colored variety of the ruby spinel.
32. The boy whose upbringing was described by Jean-Jacques Rousseau.
33. Worn or shabby from overuse or (of pages) from having corners turned down.
35. A slender double-reed instrument.
36. A measuring instrument for measuring and indicating a quantity or for testing conformity with a standard.
37. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
38. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
41. An artificial language that is a revision and simplification of Esperanto.
45. Of or related to the genital and urinary organs or their functions.
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