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1. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
5. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
8. Being one hundred more than two hundred.
11. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
12. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
13. Canadian hockey player (born 1948).
14. The ratio of the circumference to the diameter of a circle.
15. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
16. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
17. A deep bow.
21. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
23. Tall perennial herb of tropical Asia with dark green leaves.
26. Medium-sized tree having glossy lanceolate leaves.
28. An annual award for outstanding achievements in television.
29. A port in western Israel on the Mediterranean.
31. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
32. Equipped with or connected by gears or having gears engaged.
35. A metallic element of the rare earth group.
38. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
39. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
45. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
46. In bed.
47. A federal agency that supervises carriers that transport goods and people between states.
48. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
49. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
50. The cry made by sheep.
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1. Twining perennials having cordate leaves and flowers arranged in conelike spikes.
2. English essayist (1775-1834).
3. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
4. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
5. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
6. The act of slowing down or falling behind.
7. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
8. A South American shrub whose leaves are chewed by natives of the Andes.
9. Baby bed with high sides.
10. A steep rugged rock or cliff.
18. A subsidiary proposition that is assumed to be true in order to prove another proposition.
19. (informal) Of the highest quality.
20. An informal conversation.
22. (informal) Exceptionally good.
24. Before noon.
25. Flemish painter who was a founder of the Flemish school of painting and to have pioneered modern techniques of oil painting (1390-1441).
27. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
30. A heavy ductile magnetic metallic element.
33. Any plant of the genus Erica.
34. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
36. A small cake leavened with yeast.
37. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
38. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
40. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
41. A tight-fitting headdress.
42. The month following January and preceding March.
43. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
44. A person's brother or sister.
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