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1. Nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate.
4. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
7. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
11. An associate degree in applied science.
12. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
13. The 11th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
14. (informal) Exceptionally good.
15. A port city in southwestern Turkey on the Gulf of Antalya.
17. The month following March and preceding May.
19. A light touch or stroke.
20. A state in northwestern North America.
22. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
24. A weekday on which no feast is celebrated.
25. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
28. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
31. A Loloish language.
34. The cry made by sheep.
36. A long noosed rope used to catch animals.
38. A telegram sent abroad.
42. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
43. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
46. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
47. (informal) Roused to anger.
48. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
50. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
51. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
52. (Scottish) Bluish-black or gray-blue.
53. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
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1. A small cake leavened with yeast.
2. An association of people to promote the welfare of senior citizens.
3. A male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917).
4. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
5. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
6. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
7. Jordan's port.
8. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
9. The capital of Western Samoa.
10. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
16. Panel forming the lower part of an interior wall when it is finished differently from the rest.
18. Made of fir or pine.
21. Deciduous South African tree having large odd-pinnate leaves and profuse fragrant orange-yellow flowers.
23. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
26. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
27. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
29. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
30. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
32. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
33. A member of a seafaring group of North American Indians who lived on the Pacific coast of British Columbia and southwestern Alaska.
35. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
37. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
39. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
40. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
41. A member of an Iroquoian people formerly living on the south shore of Lake Erie in northern Ohio and northwest Pennsylvania and western New York.
44. Airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc..
45. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
49. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
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