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1. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
4. The 10th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
8. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
11. The upper side of the thighs of a seated person.
12. Evergreen trees and shrubs having oily one-seeded fruits.
13. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
14. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.
15. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
17. A Russian river.
18. United States anarchist (born in Italy) who with Bartolomeo Vanzetti was convicted of murder and in spite of world-wide protest was executed (1891-1927).
20. Swelling from excessive accumulation of serous fluid in tissue.
24. A light touch or stroke.
25. Being ten more than one hundred eighty.
28. The capital of Croatia.
31. (Old Testament) The fourth son of Jacob who was forebear of one of the tribes of Israel.
33. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
34. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
35. A unit of force equal to the force that imparts an acceleration of 1 foot/sec/sec to a mass of 1 pound.
37. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
40. Make secure by lashing.
42. Highly excited.
45. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
46. A set of related records (either written or electronic) kept together.
47. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
49. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
50. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
51. A unit of force equal to the force exerted by gravity.
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1. By bad luck.
2. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
3. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
4. A cruel and brutal fellow.
5. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
6. A young woman making her debut into society.
7. Australian shrubs and small trees with evergreen usually spiny leaves and dense clusters of showy flowers.
8. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
9. Any property detected by the olfactory system.
10. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
16. A public promotion of some product or service.
19. A radioactive transuranic element.
21. A city in northwestern Turkey.
22. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
23. An ancient Egyptian city on the west bank of the Nile opposite Cairo.
26. King of Saudi Arabia since 1982 (born in 1922).
27. Used especially of front teeth having artificial crowns.
29. A state in northwestern North America.
30. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
32. One of the two branches of the Finno-Ugric family of languages.
36. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
38. Sheet glass cut in shapes for windows or doors.
39. A dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain.
41. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
43. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
44. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
48. A class of proteins produced in lymph tissue in vertebrates and that function as antibodies in the immune response.
49. Informal terms for a mother.
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