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1. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
4. A small cake leavened with yeast.
8. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
11. A lyric poem with complex stanza forms.
12. Divulge information or secrets.
13. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
14. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
15. An elderly man.
16. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
18. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
19. Spiritual leader of a Jewish congregation.
21. Someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential).
24. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
25. A native of ancient Troy.
29. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
32. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
33. Evergreen trees and shrubs having oily one-seeded fruits.
34. The act of hauling something (as a vehicle) by means of a hitch or rope.
39. The capital of Western Samoa.
43. British politician (1788-1850).
44. A soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element.
46. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
47. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
48. A thrusting blow with a knife.
49. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
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1. The Teutonic god of thunder.
2. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
3. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
4. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
5. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
6. Capital and largest city of Iraq.
7. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
8. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
9. Advanced in years.
10. One of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes.
17. Having a handwritten signature.
20. (criminal law) Money that must be forfeited by the bondsman if an accused person fails to appear in court for trial.
22. A Black youth subculture and religious movement that arose in the ghettos of Kingston, Jamaica, in the 1950s.
23. A nonmetallic largely pentavalent heavy volatile corrosive dark brown liquid element belonging to the halogens.
26. 10 grams.
27. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
28. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
30. Small genus of tropical African perennial bulbous herbs with deciduous twining stems.
31. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
35. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
36. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
37. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
38. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
40. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
41. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
42. A broad flat muscle on either side of the back.
45. An honorary degree in science.
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