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1. Wet spongy ground of decomposing vegetation.
4. Type genus of the Majidae.
8. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
11. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
12. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
13. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
14. An affirmative.
15. A port in western Israel on the Mediterranean.
16. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
17. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
21. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
23. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
26. Lower in esteem.
30. (computer science) A computer that is running software that allows users to leave messages and access information of general interest.
31. A piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep.
32. The basic unit of money in Papua New Guinea.
35. A small cake leavened with yeast.
41. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
42. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
44. (informal) Of the highest quality.
48. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
49. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
50. Hard strong durable yellowish-brown wood of teak trees.
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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. A member of an American Indian people of Yucatan and Belize and Guatemala who once had a culture characterized by outstanding architecture and pottery and astronomy.
5. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
6. A port in western Israel on the Mediterranean.
7. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
8. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
9. Type genus of the Ranidae.
10. By bad luck.
18. The cry made by sheep.
19. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
20. The portion of the vertebrate nervous system consisting of the brain and spinal cord.
22. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
24. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
25. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
27. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
28. A silvery malleable metallic element that resists corrosion.
29. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
33. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
34. A light touch or stroke.
36. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
37. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
38. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
39. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
40. Derive or receive pleasure from.
43. Water frozen in the solid state.
44. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
45. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
46. A substance produced by the hypothalamus that is capable of accelerating the secretion of a given hormone by the anterior pituitary gland.
47. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
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