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1. Any of numerous small pigeons.
5. A sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain.
8. System of measurement based on centimeters and grams and seconds.
11. A material effigy that is worshipped as a god.
12. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
13. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
14. Norse chieftan who became the first duke of Normandy (860-931).
15. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
17. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
18. The month following July and preceding September.
19. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
20. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
21. A steep rugged rock or cliff.
23. The phenomenon of resistance to motion through a fluid.
25. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
26. A dyed fabric.
27. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
30. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
35. At right angles to the length of a ship or airplane.
39. (informal) Exceptionally good.
42. An artificial language that is a revision and simplification of Esperanto.
43. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
45. A score in baseball made by a runner touching all four bases safely.
46. The habitation of wild animals.
47. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
48. The compass point midway between east and southeast.
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1. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
2. The sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form.
3. A Russian river.
4. (folklore) Fairies that are somewhat mischievous.
5. Covered or protected with or as if with a case.
6. A Roman Catholic priest who acts for another higher-ranking clergyman.
7. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
8. Being ten more than one hundred forty.
9. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
10. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
16. Remove gas from.
22. Talks a great deal about uninteresting topics.
24. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
28. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
29. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
31. Before noon.
32. Lighted up by or as by fire or flame.
33. A central point or locus of an infection in an organism.
34. Long nerve fiber that conducts away from the cell body of the neuron.
36. (Scotland) A slope or hillside.
37. Earn on some commercial or business transaction.
38. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
40. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
41. A serve that strikes the net before falling into the receiver's court.
44. A Russian river.
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