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1. Informal terms for a meal.
5. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
8. Inquire about.
11. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
12. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
13. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
14. An Iranian language spoken in Afghanistan.
15. Used of a single unit or thing.
16. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
17. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
23. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
26. A small cake leavened with yeast.
28. God of wealth and love.
32. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
35. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
37. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
38. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
42. Being two more than fifty.
43. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
44. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
45. A graphical record of electrical activity of the brain.
46. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
47. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
48. A unit of pressure.
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1. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
2. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
3. Any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue.
4. Narrow wood or metal or plastic runners used for gliding over snow.
5. (informal) Exceptionally good.
6. Type genus of the Ranidae.
7. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
8. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
9. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
10. God of love and erotic desire.
18. A public promotion of some product or service.
19. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
20. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
21. Jordan's port.
22. A collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn.
24. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
25. An angular shape characterized by sharp turns in alternating directions.
27. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
29. A member of a seafaring group of North American Indians who lived on the Pacific coast of British Columbia and southwestern Alaska.
30. True firs.
31. Any of a group of heavenly spirits under the god Anu.
33. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
34. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
35. (Sumerian) Goddess personifying earth.
36. A city in northwestern Syria.
37. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
39. (informal) Roused to anger.
40. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
41. A member of a Mayan people of southwestern Guatemala.
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