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1. A health resort near a spring or at the seaside.
4. An aromatic gum resin obtained from various Arabian or East African trees.
8. The compass point midway between south and southwest.
11. An alliance made up of states that had been Soviet Socialist Republics in the Soviet Union prior to its dissolution in Dec 1991.
12. A member of the Shoshonean people of northeastern Arizona.
13. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
14. (informal) Of the highest quality.
15. The capital of Switzerland.
16. (sports) The chief official (as in boxing or American football) who is expected to ensure fair play.
17. Made of fir or pine.
19. A tangible and visible entity.
21. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
23. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
24. A broken piece of a brittle artifact.
28. Noisy quarrel.
31. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
33. Old World wild swine having a narrow body and prominent tusks from which most domestic swine come.
39. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
40. The cry made by sheep.
43. Scottish philosopher of common sense who opposed the ideas of David Hume (1710-1796).
45. A metric unit of length equal to one hundredth of a meter.
46. The compass point that is one point north of northeast.
47. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
48. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
49. A space reserved for sitting (as in a theater or on a train or airplane).
50. A hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red blood cells their characteristic color.
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1. A large number or amount.
2. A genus of temperate and arctic evergreen trees (see spruce).
3. An association of nations dedicated to economic and political cooperation in southeastern Asia.
4. A bachelor's degree in theology.
5. A tool with a flat blade attached at right angles to a long handle.
6. A state of commotion and loud confused noise.
7. In the Arabian Nights a hero who tells of the fantastic adventures he had in his voyages.
8. A dress worn primarily by Hindu women.
9. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
10. The yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving.
18. An East Indian sailor.
20. A son who has the same first name as his father.
22. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
25. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
26. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
27. Half the width of an em.
29. Any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia.
30. A unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns.
32. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
34. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
35. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
36. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
37. A small cake leavened with yeast.
38. A fractional monetary unit of several countries.
41. A bachelor's degree in naval science.
42. Towards the side away from the wind.
43. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
44. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
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