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1. An enclosed space.
4. Disabled in the feet or legs.
8. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
11. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
12. A spread made chiefly from vegetable oils and used as a substitute for butter.
13. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
14. Offering fun and gaiety.
16. The upper side of the thighs of a seated person.
17. A digital display that uses liquid crystal cells that change reflectivity in an applied electric field.
18. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
19. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
21. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
22. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
24. A river of southwestern Africa that rises in central Angola and flows east and then north (forming part of the border between Angola and Congo) and continuing northwest through Congo to empty into the Congo River on the border between Congo and Republic of the Congo.
26. Jordan's port.
29. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
31. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
33. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
34. Being one hundred more than three hundred.
35. The capital of Croatia.
41. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
42. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
45. A periodic paperback publication.
47. A master's degree in business.
48. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
49. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
50. The network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal function.
51. An informal term for a father.
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1. An narrative telling the adventures of a hero or a family.
2. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
3. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
4. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
5. (prefix) Indicating difference or variation.
6. A light springing movement upwards or forwards.
7. The capital of the state of Kansas.
8. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
9. Genus of erect herbs of the Middle East having showy flowers.
10. A family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southeastern Asia.
15. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
20. Type genus of the Caricaceae.
23. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
25. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
27. Unknown god.
28. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
30. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
32. Irritate or vex.
36. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
37. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
38. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
39. A small cake leavened with yeast.
40. South African term for `boss'.
43. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
44. The rate at which heat is produced by an individual in a resting state.
46. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
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