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1. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
5. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
7. A source of danger.
11. With no effort to conceal.
12. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
13. (prefix) Opposite or opposing or neutralizing.
14. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
16. Wearing or provided with clothing.
17. A barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea.
18. On a ship, train, plane or other vehicle.
22. One or some or every or all without specification.
23. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
25. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
27. Being one hundred more than three hundred.
28. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
29. Any of various orchids of the genus Bletia having pseudo-bulbs and erect leafless racemes of large purple or pink flowers.
33. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
37. A small cake leavened with yeast.
41. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
44. How long something has existed.
45. The compass point that is one point south of due west.
46. An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel.
48. Towards the side away from the wind.
49. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
50. (informal) Of the highest quality.
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1. In bed.
2. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
3. Burrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud.
4. A state in north central United States.
5. A federation of North American labor unions that merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955.
6. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
7. A device that, on receiving radar signals, transmits coded signals in response to help navigators determine their position.
8. (dentistry) A filling consisting of a solid substance (as gold or porcelain) fitted to a cavity in a tooth and cemented into place.
9. Indicating the most important performer or role.
10. Scottish sea captain who was hired to protect British shipping in the Indian Ocean and then was accused of piracy and hanged (1645-1701).
15. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
19. Capital city of the Apulia region on the Adriatic coast.
20. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
21. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
24. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
26. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
30. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
31. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
32. Lower in esteem.
33. A state in north central United States.
34. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
35. Possessing or using or characteristic of or appropriate to supernatural powers.
36. Administer an oil or ointment to.
38. A French abbot.
39. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
40. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
42. A doctor who practices veterinary medicine.
43. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
44. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
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