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1. One thousandth of a second.
5. A polyvalent metallic element that resembles chromium and tungsten in its properties.
7. A small cake leavened with yeast.
11. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
12. A person forced to flee from home or country.
13. In bed.
14. A man distinguished by exceptional courage and nobility and strength.
15. (archaic) A fitting reward.
16. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
17. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
22. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
24. A former British gold coin worth 21 chillings.
26. Clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion.
27. A large fleet.
29. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
32. A light touch or stroke.
33. Extremely pleasing.
36. A demon who swallows the sun causing eclipses.
38. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
40. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
41. Type genus of the Anatidae.
42. Any of various hard resins from trees of the family Dipterocarpaceae and of the genus Agathis.
44. A unit of electrical power in an AC circuit equal to the power dissipated when 1 volt produces a current of 1 ampere.
47. Used of a single unit or thing.
48. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
49. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
50. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
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1. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
2. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
3. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
4. Electronic equipment that provides visual images of varying electrical quantities.
5. Designer drug designed to have the effects of amphetamines (it floods the brain with serotonin) but to avoid the drug laws.
6. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
7. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
8. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
9. A circular segment of a curve.
10. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
18. A broken piece of a brittle artifact.
19. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
20. Being one more than fifty.
21. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
23. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
25. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
28. A port city in southwestern Iran.
30. Obvious and dull.
31. Green algae common in freshwater lakes of limestone districts.
32. Electronic equipment that provides visual images of varying electrical quantities.
34. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
35. Having the head uncovered.
37. North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean.
39. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
40. A public promotion of some product or service.
43. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
44. A yellow trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
45. A state in north central United States.
46. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
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