1. Any of various coarse shrubby plants of the genus Iva with small greenish flowers.
4. A French abbot.
8. Of southern Europe.
11. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
12. (archaic) A fitting reward.
13. Any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species.
14. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
15. The (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb.
16. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
17. A midnight meeting of witches to practice witchcraft and sorcery.
20. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
21. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
22. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
24. A light touch or stroke.
26. Having an eye or eyes or eyelike feature especially as specified.
27. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
29. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
30. Characterized by lightness and insubstantiality.
33. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
37. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
40. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
43. An adult male person (as opposed to a woman).
44. Top part of an apron.
48. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
49. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
50. A blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically.

1. In the Roman calendar.
2. A Spanish unit of length (about a yard) having different values in different localities.
3. Jordan's port.
4. A member of the Semitic speaking people of northern Ethiopia.
5. (informal) Very tired.
6. (in Scotland or Ireland) A mountain or tall hill.
7. A doctor's degree in education.
8. The jurisdiction or office of an abbot.
9. A member of a Slavic people who settled in Serbia and neighboring areas in the 6th and 7th centuries.
10. Small beads made from polished shells and formerly used as money by native Americans.
18. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
19. Conqueror of Gaul and master of Italy (100-44 BC).
23. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
25. (used of animals especially a horse) Of a moderate reddish-brown color n 1.
28. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
31. Liquid containing proteins and electrolytes including the liquid in blood plasma and interstitial fluid.
32. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
34. (Old Testament) The minister of the Persian emperor who hated the Jews and was hanged for plotting to massacre them.
35. A genus of Indriidae.
36. Obvious and dull.
38. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
39. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
41. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
42. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
45. A bachelor's degree in religion.
46. 30 to 300 kilohertz.
47. Informal terms for a mother.