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1. Surface layer of ground containing a matt of grass and grass roots.
4. Make amends for.
8. Liquid containing proteins and electrolytes including the liquid in blood plasma and interstitial fluid.
11. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
12. (computer science) A data transmission rate (bits/second) for modems.
13. A pass between mountain peaks.
14. A periodic paperback publication.
15. In bed.
16. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
17. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
20. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
21. (astronomy) An indistinct surface feature of Mars once thought to be a system of channels.
26. A Russian river.
27. A genus of Indriidae.
30. Divulge information or secrets.
32. Mammal of South Africa that resembled a zebra.
33. German organist and contrapuntist (1685-1750).
34. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
41. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
44. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
45. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
46. Evergreen trees and shrubs having oily one-seeded fruits.
47. A digital display that uses liquid crystal cells that change reflectivity in an applied electric field.
48. The habitation of wild animals.
49. Made of fir or pine.
50. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
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1. Wood of a sumac.
2. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
3. (Mesopotamia) God of agriculture and earth.
4. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
5. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
6. The dialect of Chinese spoken in Canton and neighboring provinces and in Hong Kong and elsewhere outside China.
7. A doctor's degree in education.
8. A graphical recording of the cardiac cycle produced by an electrocardiograph.
9. A South American shrub whose leaves are chewed by natives of the Andes.
10. Loose or flaccid body fat.
18. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
19. A state in the western United States.
22. 16 ounces.
24. The 19th letter of the Greek alphabet.
25. A label made of cardboard or plastic or metal.
28. A heavy silvery toxic univalent and bivalent metallic element.
29. A state in midwestern United States.
31. A port city in southwestern Iran.
35. An enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals are kept.
36. The content of cognition.
37. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
38. Surrealist Spanish painter (1904-1989).
39. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
40. A quantity of no importance.
42. The federal department responsible for safeguarding national security.
43. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
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