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1. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
4. A mountainous landlocked communist state in southeastern Asia.
8. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
11. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
12. A member of the Athapaskan people of the Trinity River valley in California.
13. (in golf) The standard number of strokes set for each hole on a golf course, or for the entire course.
14. The process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid.
16. (British) Informal term for information.
17. Grass mowed and cured for use as fodder.
18. (Scottish) Bluish-black or gray-blue.
19. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
21. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
23. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
24. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
25. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
28. 35th President of the United States.
29. The capital of Croatia.
30. A mature blood cell that contains hemoglobin to carry oxygen to the bodily tissues.
33. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
37. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
40. (Jungian psychology) The inner self (not the external persona) that is in touch with the unconscious.
43. The bill in a restaurant.
44. A flexible container with a single opening.
46. One of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes.
47. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
48. A master's degree in business.
49. A unit of area (4840 square yards) used in English-speaking countries.
50. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
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1. Young sheep.
2. Norwegian mathematician (1802-1829).
3. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
4. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
5. The month following July and preceding September.
6. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
7. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
8. An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel.
9. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
10. Genus of prickly shrubs and small trees of the Caribbean region.
15. A beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water.
20. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
22. The face of a timepiece.
26. Advanced in years.
27. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
31. Obvious and dull.
32. Tropical American trees with palmately compound leaves and showy bell-shaped flowers.
34. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
35. Bake (eggs) in their shells until they are set.
36. English economist noted for his studies of international trade and finance (born in 1907).
38. Before noon.
39. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
41. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
42. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
45. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
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