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1. 36th President of the United States.
4. By bad luck.
8. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
11. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
12. Clarified butter used in Indian cookery.
13. Mythical bird of prey having enormous size and strength.
14. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
16. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
18. Heal or recover.
20. A wealthy man (who made his fortune in the Orient).
21. Roman Emperor who was the adoptive son of Trajan.
23. Hormone produced early in pregnancy by the placenta.
30. Remote city of Kazakhstan that (ostensibly for security reasons) was made the capital in 1998.
33. A person with an unusual or odd personality.
38. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
42. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
43. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
44. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
45. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
46. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
47. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
48. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
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1. Any of the short curved hairs that grow from the edges of the eyelids.
2. (Scottish) Bluish-black or gray-blue.
3. The battle in 1806 in which Napoleon decisively defeated the Prussians.
4. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
5. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
6. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
7. The upper house of the parliament of the Republic of Ireland.
8. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
9. A Loloish language.
10. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
15. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
17. A decree that prohibits something.
19. A nonmetallic largely pentavalent heavy volatile corrosive dark brown liquid element belonging to the halogens.
22. Made of fir or pine.
24. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
25. A radioactive transuranic element.
26. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
27. Pan with a convex bottom.
28. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
29. A master's degree in fine arts.
31. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
32. Joint capital (with Riyadh) of Saudi Arabia.
34. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
35. (computer science) A data transmission rate (bits/second) for modems.
36. God of love and erotic desire.
37. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
39. An audiotape recording of sound.
40. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
41. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
42. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
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