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1. The sign language used in the United States.
4. A small cake leavened with yeast.
8. (informal) Informed about the latest trends.
11. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
12. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
13. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
14. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
15. Profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger.
16. An informal term for a father.
17. A public promotion of some product or service.
22. Evergreen trees and shrubs having oily one-seeded fruits.
23. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
25. The cry made by sheep.
27. A fraudulent business scheme.
31. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
35. Cause to be embarrassed.
39. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
40. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
43. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
44. A light touch or stroke.
45. A tight-fitting headdress.
46. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
47. (Babylonian) The sky god.
48. The residue that remains when something is burned.
49. Acquire or gain knowledge or skills.
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1. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
2. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
3. The act of slowing down or falling behind.
4. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
5. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
6. Nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate.
7. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
8. Relating to the deepest parts of the ocean (below 6000 meters).
9. Complacently or inanely foolish.
10. A genus of Ploceidae.
18. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
19. A blind god.
20. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
21. A state in midwestern United States.
24. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
26. A legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body.
28. A master's degree in fine arts.
29. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
30. Basic principles of the cosmos.
32. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
33. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
34. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
35. A barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea.
36. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
37. A mark left by the healing of injured tissue.
38. German chemist who was co-discoverer with Lise Meitner of nuclear fission (1879-1968).
41. An associate degree in applied science.
42. Enlarged prostate.
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