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1. The compass point that is one point south of due west.
4. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
7. Large genus of tropical subshrubs or herbs some of which yield fibers of mucilaginous substances.
11. Headdress that protects the head from bad weather.
12. Electronic equipment that provides visual images of varying electrical quantities.
13. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
14. Water frozen in the solid state.
15. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
16. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
17. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
19. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
21. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
22. God of love and erotic desire.
23. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
27. Someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential).
28. A lyric poem with complex stanza forms.
32. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
35. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
39. The atomic weight of an element that has the same combining capacity as a given weight of another element.
40. Meat from a domestic hog or pig.
44. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
45. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
46. Extremely pleasing.
47. The part of the eye that contains the iris and ciliary body and choroid.
48. Not divisible by two.
49. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. A mixer incorporating a coil of wires.
2. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
3. Water at boiling temperature diffused in the atmosphere v 1.
4. (informal) Of the highest quality.
5. (informal) Exceptionally good.
6. (Greek mythology) Daughter of Zeus and Demeter.
7. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
8. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
9. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
10. An Asian river between China and Russia.
18. A flexible container with a single opening.
20. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
24. A small cake leavened with yeast.
25. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
26. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
29. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
30. (of securities) Not quoted on a stock exchange.
31. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
32. (informal) Of the highest quality.
33. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
34. Jordan's port.
36. An oral poliovirus vaccine (containing live but weakened poliovirus) that is given to provide immunity to poliomyelitis.
37. A tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown.
38. King of Saudi Arabia since 1982 (born in 1922).
41. A member of the Siouan people living in the Yazoo river valley in Mississippi.
42. An interest followed with exaggerated zeal.
43. A master's degree in fine arts.
44. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
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