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1. A number of sheets of paper fastened together along one edge.
4. An enclosed space.
7. A town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern Mediterranean.
11. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
12. A federal agency that supervises carriers that transport goods and people between states.
13. Hard strong durable yellowish-brown wood of teak trees.
14. Small room on a ship or boat where people sleep.
15. A woody climbing usually tropical plant.
16. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
17. A cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt.
19. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
23. The face or front of a building.
25. An associate degree in nursing.
26. Oval reproductive body of a fowl (especially a hen) used as food.
27. Being five more than one hundred fifty.
30. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
31. 1,000,000,000 periods per second.
33. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
35. A short labored intake of breath with the mouth open.
38. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
41. A rapid escape (as by criminals).
44. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
45. Offering fun and gaiety.
46. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
47. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
48. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
49. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
50. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
2. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
3. A light touch or stroke.
4. In the Arabian Nights a hero who tells of the fantastic adventures he had in his voyages.
5. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
6. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
7. Tranquilizer (trade name Ativan) used to treat anxiety and tension and insomnia.
8. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
9. Valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation.
10. Jordan's port.
18. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
20. Hormone produced early in pregnancy by the placenta.
21. Freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort.
22. An island in Indonesia south of Borneo.
24. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
28. 16 ounces.
29. A Bantu language spoken by the Chaga people in northern Tanzania.
32. Of or relating to or characteristic of the Republic of Chad or its people or language.
33. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
34. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
36. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
37. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
39. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
40. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
42. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
43. A master's degree in business.
44. Any of various coarse shrubby plants of the genus Iva with small greenish flowers.
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