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1. A long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur.
4. Informal terms for a meal.
8. A light touch or stroke.
11. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
12. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
13. Not in good physical or mental health.
14. Any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species.
15. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
16. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
17. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
19. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
21. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
22. The rate at which energy is drawn from a source that produces a flow of electricity in a circuit.
24. Explained or answered.
27. Profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger.
30. Extremely robust.
31. An inactive volcano in Sicily.
32. Feel admiration for.
35. Being three more than fifty.
41. A vacuum tube in which a hot cathode emits a beam of electrons that pass through a high voltage anode and are focused or deflected before hitting a phosphorescent screen.
42. 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.
44. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
45. A British peer ranking below a Marquess and above a Viscount.
47. A spacecraft that carries astronauts from the command module to the surface of the moon and back.
48. A user interface in which you type commands instead of choosing them from a menu or selecting an icon.
49. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
50. A unit of force equal to the force that imparts an acceleration of 1 foot/sec/sec to a mass of 1 pound.
51. Related by blood.
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1. A small cake leavened with yeast.
2. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
3. (informal) Of the highest quality.
4. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
5. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
6. The bill in a restaurant.
7. Sports equipment that is worn on the feet to enable the wearer to glide along on wheels and to be propelled by the alternate actions of the legs.
8. The site of an archeological exploration.
9. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
10. Divulge information or secrets.
18. Being eight more than sixty.
20. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
23. Having much flesh (especially fat).
25. To make a mistake or be incorrect.
26. Mature female of mammals of which the male is called `buck'.
28. A state in east central United States.
29. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
33. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
34. God of justice.
36. In bed.
37. (computer science) A standardized language for the descriptive markup of documents.
38. Framework for holding objects.
39. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
40. Most important element.
43. Any high mountain.
46. 16 ounces.
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