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1. The syllable naming the fifth (dominant) note of any musical scale in solmization.
4. Common Indian weaverbird.
8. Standard time in the 6th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 90th meridian.
11. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
12. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
13. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
14. (informal) Roused to anger.
15. A major god.
16. A watery solution of sugars, salts, and minerals that circulates through the vascular system of a plant.
17. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
19. Doglike nocturnal mammal of Africa and southern Asia that feeds chiefly on carrion.
21. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
24. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
25. Consisting of or made of wood of the oak tree.
29. Tropical American trees with palmately compound leaves and showy bell-shaped flowers.
32. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
33. A state in midwestern United States.
34. A unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns.
37. A short labored intake of breath with the mouth open.
40. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
43. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
44. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
45. A piece of jewelry that is pinned onto the wearer's garment.
47. An associate degree in applied science.
48. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
49. A small cake leavened with yeast.
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1. Wood of a sumac.
2. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
3. Relating to the deepest parts of the ocean (below 6000 meters).
4. An early form of modern jazz (originating around 1940).
5. (usually followed by `to') Naturally disposed toward.
6. Not only so, but.
7. Causing a dull and steady pain.
8. Ratio of the hypotenuse to the opposite side.
9. The act of scanning.
10. Thin fibrous bark of the paper mulberry and Pipturus albidus.
18. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
20. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
22. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
23. A state in northwestern North America.
26. The cry made by sheep.
27. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
28. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
30. An atom or molecule or radical or ion that forms a complex around a central atom.
31. A Bantu language spoken by the Chaga people in northern Tanzania.
35. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
36. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
38. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
39. (obstetrics) The number of live-born children a woman has delivered.
41. The network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal function.
42. A health resort near a spring or at the seaside.
46. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
47. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
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