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1. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
4. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
8. The compass point that is one point south of due east.
11. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
12. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
13. (Scotland) A small loaf or roll of soft bread.
14. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
16. A piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep.
17. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
18. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
19. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
21. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
22. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
25. A licensed medical practitioner.
26. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
33. Remote city of Kazakhstan that (ostensibly for security reasons) was made the capital in 1998.
36. A person with an unusual or odd personality.
41. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
45. A boy or man.
46. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
47. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
48. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
49. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
50. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
51. A member of a Mayan people of southwestern Guatemala.
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1. An outer garment that has sleeves and covers the body from shoulder down.
2. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
3. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
4. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
5. A river in central Europe that arises in northwestern Czechoslovakia and flows northward through Germany to empty into the North Sea.
6. (informal) Of the highest quality.
7. A genus of Ploceidae.
8. The compass point that is one point north of due east.
9. A small cake leavened with yeast.
10. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
15. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
20. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
23. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
24. The United Nations agency concerned with the international organization of food and agriculture.
27. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
28. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
29. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
30. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
31. Pan with a convex bottom.
32. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
34. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
35. Joint capital (with Riyadh) of Saudi Arabia.
37. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
38. A white crystalline double sulfate of aluminum.
39. The battle in 202 BC in which Scipio decisively defeated Hannibal at the end of the second Punic War.
40. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
42. Piece of solid food for dipping in a liquid.
43. An accountant certified by the state.
44. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
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