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1. A sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain.
4. A state-chartered savings bank owned by its depositors and managed by a board of trustees.
7. An Indian unit of length having different values in different localities.
11. Having leadership guidance.
12. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
13. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
14. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
15. A fraudulent business scheme.
17. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
18. A genus of Ploceidae.
20. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
23. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
26. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
27. Of a surface.
30. Used of a single unit or thing.
31. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
35. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
37. A state in midwestern United States.
38. Concerning those not members of the clergy.
39. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
43. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
44. Offering fun and gaiety.
46. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
47. The last (12th) month of the year.
48. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
49. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
50. An artificial language that is a revision and simplification of Esperanto.
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1. A sudden very loud noise.
2. Prolific Spanish playwright (1562-1635).
3. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
4. An independent group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic languages.
5. An enclosed space.
6. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
7. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances.
8. Affording unobstructed entrance and exit.
9. (used especially of vegetation) Having lost all moisture.
10. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
16. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
19. A spirit believed by Muslims to inhabit the earth and influence mankind by appearing in the form of humans or animals.
21. The quantity that a car will hold.
22. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
24. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
25. The cry made by sheep.
28. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
29. A resident of Ohio.
32. A cushion on a throne for a prince in India.
33. Bordered by a line of things.
34. Small tropical American tree bearing edible plumlike fruit.
36. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
37. An informal term for a father.
40. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
41. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
42. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
45. An associate degree in nursing.
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