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1. Wet spongy ground of decomposing vegetation.
4. The chance to speak.
7. In bed.
11. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
12. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
13. An informal term for a father.
14. An affirmative.
15. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
17. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
18. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
20. The basic unit of electric current adopted under the System International d'Unites.
22. A doctor's degree in dental surgery.
23. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
27. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
28. A lymph node that is inflamed and swollen because of plague or gonorrhea or tuberculosis.
29. Small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body.
31. A member of the Semitic speaking people of northern Ethiopia.
35. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
37. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
38. Genus of East Indian trees or shrubs.
40. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
42. Capital and largest city of Italy.
45. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
46. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
47. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
48. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
49. An associate degree in applied science.
50. An inactive volcano in Sicily.
51. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. Common Indian weaverbird.
2. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
3. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
4. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
5. The sixth month of the civil year.
6. The capital and largest city of Japan.
7. A public promotion of some product or service.
8. The dialect of Malay used as the national language of the Republic of Indonesia or of Malaysia.
9. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
10. Slightly wet.
16. Either extremity of something that has length.
19. Great coolness and composure under strain.
21. A small cake leavened with yeast.
24. A soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent and univalent) metallic element.
25. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
26. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
30. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
32. United States writer noted for his stories about life during the California gold rush (1836-1902).
33. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
34. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
36. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
37. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
39. The basic unit of money in Western Samoa.
40. A barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea.
41. Any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes.
43. Annual grass of Europe and North Africa.
44. An adult male person (as opposed to a woman).
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