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1. A deep orange-red variety of chalcedony.
5. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
8. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
11. The capital of Western Samoa.
12. A federal agency that supervises carriers that transport goods and people between states.
13. The upper side of the thighs of a seated person.
14. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
15. How long something has existed.
16. The compass point that is one point east of due south.
17. A legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body.
18. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
20. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
21. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
23. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
26. Valuable source of caviar and isinglass.
30. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
32. Extremely pleasing.
33. God of the earth.
34. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
35. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
37. Pompous or pretentious talk or writing.
43. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
46. (Scottish) Bluish-black or gray-blue.
47. The United Nations agency concerned with international maritime activities.
48. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
49. An inflammatory disease involving the sebaceous glands of the skin.
50. Lacking in rigor or strictness.
51. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
52. A sudden short attack.
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1. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
2. With rapid movements.
3. A long noosed rope used to catch animals.
4. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
5. Deciduous South African tree having large odd-pinnate leaves and profuse fragrant orange-yellow flowers.
6. A graphical recording of the cardiac cycle produced by an electrocardiograph.
7. (informal) Of the highest quality.
8. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
9. A small cake leavened with yeast.
10. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
19. United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters.
22. (Judaism) A Jewish festival (traditionally 8 days) celebrating the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt.
24. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
25. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
27. A monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles.
28. A brittle gray crystalline element that is a semiconducting metalloid (resembling silicon) used in transistors.
29. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
31. (trademark) An antacid.
36. Of or relating to or affecting a lobe.
37. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
38. Capital and largest city and economic center of Peru.
39. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
40. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
41. (the feminine of raja) A Hindu princess or the wife of a raja.
42. A notable achievement.
44. A doctor's degree in education.
45. An adult male person (as opposed to a woman).
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