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1. (informal) Of the highest quality.
4. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
7. A dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain.
11. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
12. Someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault.
13. Wearing or provided with clothing.
14. A legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body.
15. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
17. Late time of life.
18. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
21. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
23. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
25. King of Denmark and Norway who forced Edmund II to divide England with him.
26. How long something has existed.
27. Greek author of fables (circa 620-560 BC).
28. Food for domestic livestock.
29. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
30. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
32. State in northeastern India.
36. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
38. A challenge to do something dangerous or foolhardy.
41. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
42. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
44. A contagious skin infection caused by the itch mite.
45. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
46. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
47. Considerate and solicitous care.
49. The cry made by sheep.
50. A unit of pressure.
51. The function or position properly or customarily occupied or served by another.
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1. Jordan's port.
2. Of or like a cecum.
3. Take in solid food.
4. An organization of independent states to promote international peace and security.
5. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
6. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
7. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
8. A pair of shoes with cleats on the soles.
9. Stems of beans and peas and potatoes and grasses collectively as used for thatching and bedding.
10. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
16. The capital of Bahrain.
19. Capital and largest city of Iraq.
20. Any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species.
22. A message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence.
24. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
31. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
32. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
33. East Indian tree yielding a resin used medicinally and burned as incense.
34. Lower in esteem.
35. A Portuguese province on the south coast of China and two islands in the South China Sea.
37. A small cake leavened with yeast.
38. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
39. The elapsed time it takes for a signal to travel from Earth to a spacecraft (or other body) and back to the starting point.
40. Electronic warfare undertaken to insure effective friendly use of the electromagnetic spectrum in spite of the enemy's use of electronic warfare.
43. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
48. A metric unit of volume equal to one thousandth of a liter.
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