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1. Stairway in India leading down to a landing on the water.
5. The month following March and preceding May.
8. Chiefly perennial grasses of cool temperate regions.
11. Kamarupan languages spoken in northeastern India and western Burma.
12. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
13. Electronic warfare undertaken to prevent or reduce an enemy's effective use of the electromagnetic spectrum.
14. (old-fashioned) At or from or to a great distance.
15. A human limb.
16. (informal) Of the highest quality.
17. (astronomy) A measure of time defined by Earth's orbital motion.
18. Large high frilly cap with a full crown.
21. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
23. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
25. The state prevailing during the absence of war.
27. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
28. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
29. Measure of the US economy adopted in 1991.
30. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
33. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
40. An accidental happening.
43. A member of a Mayan people of southwestern Guatemala.
44. The compass point that is one point south of due west.
45. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
46. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
47. How long something has existed.
48. An informal term for a father.
49. An enzyme that catalyzes the oxidation of many body compounds (e.g., epinephrine and norepinephrine and serotonin).
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1. Any of various small biting flies.
2. The handle of a weapon or tool.
3. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
4. Covered with paving material.
5. Jordan's port.
6. Type genus of the Percidae.
7. Avatar of Vishnu.
8. Seed of a pea plant.
9. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
10. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
19. Lake in northwestern Russia near the border with Finland.
20. Flesh of large European flatfish.
22. An enclosed space.
24. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
26. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
31. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
32. (Jungian psychology) The inner self (not the external persona) that is in touch with the unconscious.
34. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
35. A domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church.
36. Toward the mouth or oral region.
37. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
38. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
39. Projectiles to be fired from a gun.
41. (informal) Roused to anger.
42. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
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