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1. A long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur.
4. A small cake leavened with yeast.
8. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
11. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
12. The eighth month of the civil year.
13. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
14. The starting place for each hole on a golf course.
15. (Scotland) A slope or hillside.
16. Any of various coarse shrubby plants of the genus Iva with small greenish flowers.
17. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
19. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
21. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
25. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
27. A decree that prohibits something.
28. Medium-sized tree having glossy lanceolate leaves.
30. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
36. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
40. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
41. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
42. An unofficial association of people or groups.
45. The 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet.
46. A fatal disease of cattle that affects the central nervous system.
48. Imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy.
49. Late time of life.
50. An informal term for a father.
51. A state in midwestern United States.
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1. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
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. Top part of an apron.
5. A port in southwestern Scotland.
6. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
7. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
8. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
9. Rock that in its molten form (as magma) issues from volcanos.
10. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
18. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
20. An informal conversation.
22. Extremely pleasing.
23. A hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red blood cells their characteristic color.
24. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
26. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
29. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
31. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
32. A unit of potential equal to one thousandth of a volt.
33. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
34. Having the leading position or higher score in a contest.
35. Arboreal snake of central and southern Africa whose bite is often fatal.
37. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
38. (Old Testament) Cain and Abel were the first children of Adam and Eve born after the Fall of Man.
39. A French abbot.
40. A period of time containing 365 (or 366) days.
43. The sign language used in the United States.
44. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
45. A state in the eastern United States.
47. A state in north central United States.
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