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1. Of or relating to near the ear.
5. Nut of any of several trees of the genus Corylus.
8. Wet spongy ground of decomposing vegetation.
11. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
12. An awkward and inexperienced youth.
13. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
14. Jordan's port.
17. 10 hao equal 1 dong.
18. 36th President of the United States.
20. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
23. True firs.
26. Having a specified kind of border or edge.
27. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
29. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
30. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
33. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
35. A rapid escape (as by criminals).
37. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
38. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
40. Of inferior or mixed breed.
43. A small cake leavened with yeast.
45. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
46. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
47. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
48. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
49. Designer drug designed to have the effects of amphetamines (it floods the brain with serotonin) but to avoid the drug laws.
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1. Large elliptical brightly colored deep-sea fish of Atlantic and Pacific and Mediterranean.
2. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
3. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
4. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
5. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
6. A board with the alphabet on it.
7. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
8. A small ball with a hole through the middle.
9. Toward the mouth or oral region.
10. Offering fun and gaiety.
15. By bad luck.
16. Covered with beads of liquid.
19. The use of bacteria or viruses of toxins to destroy men and animals or food.
21. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
22. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
24. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
25. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
28. Valuable source of caviar and isinglass.
31. At right angles to the length of a ship or airplane.
32. A Bantu language spoken by the Kamba people in Kenya.
34. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
36. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
39. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
41. A guided missile fired from shipboard against an airborne target.
42. A doctor's degree in theology.
43. A public promotion of some product or service.
44. A state in northwestern North America.
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