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1. Wet spongy ground of decomposing vegetation.
4. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
8. White crystalline compound used as a food additive to enhance flavor.
11. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
12. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
13. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.
14. An affirmative.
15. The compass point that is midway between north and northeast.
16. 4-wheeled motor vehicle.
17. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
22. (Zoroastrianism) Title for benevolent deities.
23. A narrative song with a recurrent refrain.
26. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
27. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
29. Any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes.
30. Someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault.
31. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
34. Arboreal snake of central and southern Africa whose bite is often fatal.
38. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
42. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
43. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
44. In bed.
46. A reptile genus of Iguanidae.
47. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
48. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
49. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
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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. God of fire.
5. Large tropical butterfly with degenerate forelegs and an unpleasant taste.
6. How long something has existed.
7. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
8. A Portuguese province on the south coast of China and two islands in the South China Sea.
9. Rock star and drummer for the Beatles (born in 1940).
10. Small genus of hairy herbs with yellow flowers.
18. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
19. A deep bow.
20. A Bantu language spoken by the Chaga people in northern Tanzania.
21. Wearing or provided with clothing.
24. A public promotion of some product or service.
25. An associate degree in applied science.
28. A bluish-white lustrous metallic element.
32. A small cake leavened with yeast.
33. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
34. A brittle gray crystalline element that is a semiconducting metalloid (resembling silicon) used in transistors.
35. A heavy long-handled hammer used to drive stakes or wedges.
36. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
37. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
39. An anxiety disorder characterized by chronic free-floating anxiety and such symptoms as tension or sweating or trembling of light-headedness or irritability etc that has lasted for more than six months.
40. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
41. A crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry.
45. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
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