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1. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
4. A group of African language in the Niger-Congo group spoken from the Ivory Coast east to Nigeria.
7. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
11. A state of southwestern India.
12. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
13. In bed.
14. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
15. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
16. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
17. A plaster now made mostly from Portland cement and sand and lime.
22. Unable to see.
26. An accountant certified by the state.
28. A Mid-Atlantic state.
29. An ancient musical horn made from the horn of a ram.
31. A resource.
33. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
34. Any plant of the genus Erica.
37. 16 ounces.
39. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
41. A watery solution of sugars, salts, and minerals that circulates through the vascular system of a plant.
42. An associate degree in applied science.
46. A master's degree in business.
47. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
48. Queen of the Olympian gods in ancient Greek mythology.
49. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
50. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
51. A material effigy that is worshipped as a god.
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1. Oval reproductive body of a fowl (especially a hen) used as food.
2. A small vessel for travel on water.
3. Used as a Hindi courtesy title.
4. Unknown god.
5. A city in east central Texas.
6. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
7. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
8. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
9. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
10. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
18. An informal conversation.
19. 1 species.
20. A class of proteins produced in lymph tissue in vertebrates and that function as antibodies in the immune response.
21. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
23. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
24. (Greek mythology) A maiden seduced by Zeus.
25. A light touch or stroke.
27. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring in the air.
30. A motley assortment of things.
32. Shaped like a dish.
35. The capital of Egypt and the largest city in Africa.
36. Strike with disgust or revulsion.
38. A small cake leavened with yeast.
40. A South American shrub whose leaves are chewed by natives of the Andes.
43. Experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness.
44. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
45. The 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet.
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