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1. Type genus of the Ranidae.
5. 30 to 300 kilohertz.
7. Informal terms for a (young) woman.
11. Oval reproductive body of a fowl (especially a hen) used as food.
12. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
13. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
14. part of the peritoneum attached to the stomach and to the colon and covering the intestines.
15. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
17. An open box attached to a long pole handle.
18. Before noon.
20. Small genus of Asian evergreen trees having columnar crowns and distinguished by leaves lacking a midrib.
22. A genus of Ploceidae.
25. A male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917).
26. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
27. Austrian writer (1881-1942).
28. Electronic warfare undertaken to insure effective friendly use of the electromagnetic spectrum in spite of the enemy's use of electronic warfare.
29. A metric unit of volume equal to one thousandth of a liter.
30. A public promotion of some product or service.
35. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
38. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
39. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
40. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
42. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
44. An interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open.
47. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
48. Widely cultivated in tropical and subtropical regions for its fragrant flowers and colorful fruits.
49. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
50. Bulky grayish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail.
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1. A summary that repeats the substance of a longer discussion.
2. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
3. Sexually transmitted urethritis (usually caused by chlamydia).
4. The sign language used in the United States.
5. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
6. The basic monetary unit in many countries.
7. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
8. Be compatible or in accordance with.
9. Any of a group of antidepressant drugs that inhibit the action of monoamine oxidase in the brain and so allow monoamines to accumulate.
10. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
16. Empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk.
19. At a great distance in time or space or degree.
21. An awkward stupid person.
23. The last (12th) month of the year.
24. Fallow deer.
31. A sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow).
32. An imaginary elephant that appears in a series of French books for children.
33. Large dark brown North American arboreal carnivorous mammal.
34. An ordered reference standard.
36. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
37. (usually followed by `to') Having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something.
41. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
43. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.
45. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
46. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
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