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1. Distinguished from Bovidae by the male's having solid deciduous antlers.
5. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
8. A health resort near a spring or at the seaside.
11. Not widely known.
12. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
13. 4-wheeled motor vehicle.
14. In or relating to or obtained from urine.
15. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
16. Electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field.
17. Offering little or no hope.
19. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
21. Small beads made from polished shells and formerly used as money by native Americans.
24. A colloid in a more solid form than a sol.
25. A user interface in which you type commands instead of choosing them from a menu or selecting an icon.
26. The cardinal number that is the fifth power of ten.
30. A tablet placed horizontally on top of the capital of a column as an aid in supporting the architrave.
33. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
36. Boiled or baked buckwheat.
39. Type genus of the Anatidae.
41. A colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube.
42. A decree that prohibits something.
44. A Hindu prince or king in India.
46. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
47. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
48. A set of questions or exercises evaluating skill or knowledge.
49. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
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1. Beat thoroughly in a competition or fight.
2. A British peer ranking below a Marquess and above a Viscount.
3. A member of an Iroquoian people formerly living on the south shore of Lake Erie in northern Ohio and northwest Pennsylvania and western New York.
4. A summary that repeats the substance of a longer discussion.
5. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
6. Imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy.
7. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
8. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
9. A large area of land preserved in its natural state as public property.
10. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
18. A member of a South American Indian people in Peru who were formerly the ruling class of the Inca empire.
20. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
22. Voluntary contributions to aid the poor.
23. Of or relating to the stomach and intestines.
27. Slightly open.
28. United States newspaper publisher (1858-1935).
29. Being one hundred more than three hundred.
31. Obvious and dull.
32. (Hindu) A manner of sitting (as in the practice of Yoga).
34. A strong-smelling plant from whose dried leaves a number of euphoriant and hallucinogenic drugs are prepared.
35. At right angles to the length of a ship or airplane.
37. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
38. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
39. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
40. A master's degree in business.
43. A public promotion of some product or service.
45. An edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle.
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