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1. Any of various units of capacity.
4. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
8. The sign language used in the United States.
11. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
12. A Russian river.
13. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
14. Edible tuber of any of several yams.
15. (football) Of advancing the ball by throwing it.
16. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
17. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
21. The United Nations agency concerned with international maritime activities.
23. Green algae common in freshwater lakes of limestone districts.
25. A native of ancient Troy.
29. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
31. A long noosed rope used to catch animals.
32. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
33. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
40. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
41. A large quantity of written matter.
45. Extinct flightless bird of New Zealand.
46. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
47. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
48. The part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands.
49. Offering fun and gaiety.
50. Tag the base runner to get him out.
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1. Common Indian weaverbird.
2. Divulge information or secrets.
3. A rapid escape (as by criminals).
4. Wool of the alpaca.
5. Lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing wholly or in part.
6. A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Ansaid) that is administered only orally.
7. Any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes.
8. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
9. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
10. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
18. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
19. Relating to or marked by qualities associated with the north wind.
20. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
22. Made from residue of grapes or apples after pressing.
24. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
26. A light touch or stroke.
27. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
28. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
30. A Mid-Atlantic state.
34. Very dark black.
35. South African term for `boss'.
36. (informal) Exceptionally good.
37. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
38. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
39. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
42. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
43. A master's degree in business.
44. The habitation of wild animals.
45. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
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