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1. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
4. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
8. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
11. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
12. Herb of the Pacific islands grown throughout the tropics for its edible root and in temperate areas as an ornamental for its large glossy leaves.
13. (Norse mythology) One of the Aesir known for his beauty and skill with bow and skis.
14. Type genus of the Anatidae.
16. Tag the base runner to get him out.
17. The basic unit of money in Romania.
18. Especially one side of a leaf.
19. Before noon.
21. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
23. A city in northern India.
26. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
31. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
32. The cry made by sheep.
33. The district occupied entirely by the city of Washington.
35. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
36. Be in accord.
39. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
43. Alsatian artist and poet who was cofounder of Dadaism in Zurich.
44. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
46. Being one more than two.
47. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
48. 4-wheeled motor vehicle.
49. The last (12th) month of the year.
50. A metric unit of length equal to one thousandth of a meter.
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1. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
2. Obvious and dull.
3. A Bantu language spoken by the Chaga people in northern Tanzania.
4. A public promotion of some product or service.
5. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
6. Burrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud.
7. (folklore) A small grotesque supernatural creature that makes trouble for human beings.
8. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
9. Clear to the mind.
10. Scale-like structure between the base of the wing and the halter of a two-winged fly.
15. A toxic nonmetallic element related to sulfur and tellurium.
20. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
22. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
24. The residue that remains when something is burned.
25. A master's degree in fine arts.
27. A metric unit of volume equal to one thousandth of a liter.
28. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
29. (South African) A camp defended by a circular formation of wagons.
30. Filled with fear or apprehension.
34. Of or relating to or characteristic of the Republic of Chad or its people or language.
35. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
37. A member of an Iroquoian people formerly living on the south shore of Lake Erie in northern Ohio and northwest Pennsylvania and western New York.
38. Surpassing the ordinary especially in size or scale.
40. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
41. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
42. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
45. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
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