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1. Wet spongy ground of decomposing vegetation.
4. Strong woody fibers obtained especially from the phloem of from various plants.
8. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
11. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
12. The persistence of a sound after its source has stopped.
13. Extinct flightless bird of New Zealand.
14. A beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water.
15. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
16. Consisting of or made of wood of the oak tree.
17. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
19. Doglike nocturnal mammal of Africa and southern Asia that feeds chiefly on carrion.
21. The cry made by sheep.
23. The executive agency that advises the President on the federal budget.
24. A mountain peak in the Andes in Bolivia (21,391 feet high).
27. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
28. Wearing or provided with clothing.
29. Fertility goddess in ancient Greek mythology.
31. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
35. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
39. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
43. Any of various small biting flies.
44. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
45. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
46. Being here now.
47. A flexible container with a single opening.
48. 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.
49. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
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1. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
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. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
5. (informal) Of the highest quality.
6. Title for the former hereditary monarch of Iran.
7. The capital and largest city of Japan.
8. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
9. The provision of money temporarily (usually at interest).
10. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
18. A port city in southwestern Iran.
20. Type genus of the Amiidae.
22. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
25. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
26. A sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow).
30. (computer science) A coding system that incorporates extra parity bits in order to detect errors.
32. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
33. A crown-like jewelled headdress worn by women on formal occasions.
34. Mated sexually.
36. A small cake leavened with yeast.
37. A city in northern India.
38. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
40. A humorous anecdote or remark.
41. The basic unit of money in Romania.
42. An associate degree in applied science.
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