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1. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
4. Made from residue of grapes or apples after pressing.
8. (computer science) A computer that is running software that allows users to leave messages and access information of general interest.
11. 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.
12. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
13. The products of human creativity.
14. In bed.
16. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
17. Small cubes with 1 to 6 spots on the faces.
18. Informal terms for a mother.
20. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
23. A city in northern India.
24. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
25. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
26. A lyric poem with complex stanza forms.
27. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
30. A state in southeastern United States between the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico.
32. Fiddler crabs.
33. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
36. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
40. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
43. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
44. Extinct flightless bird of New Zealand.
46. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
47. The part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands.
48. Serving as or forming a base.
49. The quality of a color as determined by its dominant wavelength.
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1. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
2. Hungarian choreographer who developed Labanotation (1879-1958).
3. Swelling from excessive accumulation of serous fluid in tissue.
4. Informal terms for a mother.
5. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
6. Marked by excessive enthusiasm for and intense devotion to a cause or idea.
7. Electronic equipment that provides visual images of varying electrical quantities.
8. A member of an agricultural people of southern India.
9. Eurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and bright pink flowers followed by scarlet hips.
10. An ancient upright stone slab bearing markings.
15. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
19. Capital and largest city of Iraq.
21. The cry made by sheep.
22. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
28. The 13th letter of the Greek alphabet.
29. A card game for 2 players.
31. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
34. Very dark black.
35. South African term for `boss'.
37. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
38. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
39. The highest level or degree attainable.
41. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
42. An associate degree in applied science.
45. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
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