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1. A deep orange-red variety of chalcedony.
5. Inflammation of the female pelvic organs (especially the Fallopian tubes) caused by infection by any of several microorganisms (chiefly gonococci and chlamydia).
8. Headdress that protects the head from bad weather.
11. The capital of Western Samoa.
12. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
13. Relating to or containing the azo radical.
14. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
15. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
16. Pan with a convex bottom.
17. A legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body.
18. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
19. A genus of Platalea.
20. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
23. Devoid of warmth and cordiality.
24. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
26. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
29. A substance produced by the hypothalamus that is capable of accelerating the secretion of a given hormone by the anterior pituitary gland.
30. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
32. A public promotion of some product or service.
34. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
39. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
41. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
42. Extremely pleasing.
43. A column of light (as from a beacon).
44. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
47. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
48. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
49. The habitation of wild animals.
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1. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
2. With rapid movements.
3. A long noosed rope used to catch animals.
4. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
5. A major god.
6. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
7. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
8. A state in the United States in the central Pacific on the Hawaiian Islands.
9. (geology) Before the appearance of life.
10. Hungarian wine made from Tokay grapes.
21. An archaic name for Easter or Passover.
22. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
25. How long something has existed.
27. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
28. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
31. A port in western Israel on the Mediterranean.
32. Relating to or containing the azo radical.
33. Two items of the same kind.
35. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
36. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
37. Capital city of the Apulia region on the Adriatic coast.
38. Little known Kamarupan languages.
40. A strong solution of sodium or potassium hydroxide.
45. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
46. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
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