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1. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
4. A light touch or stroke.
7. A federally chartered corporation that purchases mortgages.
11. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
12. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
13. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
14. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
15. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
17. Being one more than two.
18. By bad luck.
20. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
22. A humorous anecdote or remark.
23. An informal term for a father.
24. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
28. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
29. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
30. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
36. The state of owing money.
38. A family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southeastern Asia.
40. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
44. A Hindu prince or king in India.
45. Fiddler crabs.
47. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
48. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
49. The rate at which heat is produced by an individual in a resting state.
50. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
51. A small cake leavened with yeast.
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1. A genus of Mustelidae.
2. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
3. A member of an agricultural people of southern India.
4. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
5. Advanced in years.
6. The cry made by sheep.
7. Modulation of the frequency of the (radio) carrier wave.
8. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
9. Most important element.
10. An elaborate song for solo voice.
16. A genus of Ploceidae.
19. A midnight meeting of witches to practice witchcraft and sorcery.
21. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
25. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
26. Pan with a convex bottom.
27. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
31. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
32. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
33. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
34. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
35. A crown-like jewelled headdress worn by women on formal occasions.
37. Electronic warfare undertaken to insure effective friendly use of the electromagnetic spectrum in spite of the enemy's use of electronic warfare.
39. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
41. A close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities.
42. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
43. Counting the number of white and red blood cells and the number of platelets in 1 cubic millimeter of blood.
46. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
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