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1. A platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it.
5. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
7. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
11. A city in northern India.
12. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
13. A river that rises in northeastern Turkey (near the source of the Euphrates) and flows generally eastward through Armenia to the Caspian Sea.
14. German mystic and theosophist who founded modern theosophy.
15. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
16. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
19. Artists or writers whose ideas are ahead of their time.
20. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
21. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
24. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
27. The inner and thicker of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle.
30. An association of people to promote the welfare of senior citizens.
32. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
33. A metric unit of volume equal to one thousandth of a liter.
34. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
40. A small cake leavened with yeast.
42. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
44. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
45. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
47. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
48. A doctor's degree in education.
49. Common Indian weaverbird.
50. Used of a single unit or thing.
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1. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
2. Highly excited.
3. A strong emotion.
4. Formerly a term of respect for important white Europeans in colonial India.
5. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
6. An indistinct shapeless form.
7. A shape that sags.
8. An anti-TNF compound (trade name Arava) that is given orally.
9. An imaginary elephant that appears in a series of French books for children.
10. (Hindu) A manner of sitting (as in the practice of Yoga).
17. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
18. The 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet.
22. Of or relating to the stomach and intestines.
23. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
25. A fluorocarbon with chlorine.
26. Fallow deer.
28. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
29. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
31. Wool of the alpaca.
35. A strip of land projecting into a body of water.
36. An informal term for a father.
37. A quantity of no importance.
38. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
39. A French abbot.
41. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
43. A negative.
46. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
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