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1. Consideration in dealing with others and avoiding giving offence.
5. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
8. The compass point that is one point south of due east.
11. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
12. How long something has existed.
13. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
14. A very attractive or seductive looking woman.
15. A light touch or stroke.
16. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
17. An edilbe seaweed with a mild flavor.
18. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
20. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
23. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
24. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
25. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
29. Being nine more than forty.
31. American author of inspirational adventure stories for boys.
34. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
37. (British) An open river valley (in a hilly area).
38. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
40. In bed.
43. A humorous anecdote or remark.
44. Tag the base runner to get him out.
46. A type of submachine gun that is designed and manufactured in Israel.
47. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
48. The sixth month of the civil year.
49. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
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1. The basic unit of money in Western Samoa.
2. An Asian river between China and Russia.
3. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
4. The thick short innermost digit of the forelimb.
5. An informal term for a father.
6. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
7. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
8. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
9. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
10. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
19. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
21. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
22. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
26. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
27. A notable achievement.
28. A nonmetallic largely pentavalent heavy volatile corrosive dark brown liquid element belonging to the halogens.
30. (South African) A camp defended by a circular formation of wagons.
32. Hungarian choreographer who developed Labanotation (1879-1958).
33. Fleshy spore-bearing inner mass of e.g. a puffball or stinkhorn.
35. Affect with wonder.
36. Possessing or using or characteristic of or appropriate to supernatural powers.
39. Largest known toad species.
41. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
42. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
45. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
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