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1. The airforce of Great Britain.
4. A light touch or stroke.
7. A kiln for drying hops.
11. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
12. One of the most common of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
13. A male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917).
14. A piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep.
15. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
16. A Loloish language.
17. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
19. One of two flaps attached to a cap to keep the ears warm.
21. (anatomy) Of or relating to the ilium.
22. A unit of force equal to the force exerted by gravity.
25. A federation of North American labor unions that merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955.
26. The last (12th) month of the year.
27. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
33. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
36. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
37. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
41. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
42. The cry made by sheep.
44. The residue that remains when something is burned.
45. Bulky grayish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail.
46. Slanting diagonally across the grain of a fabric.
47. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
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1. Spiritual leader of a Jewish congregation.
2. Of or relating to or involving an area.
3. An interest followed with exaggerated zeal.
4. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
5. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
6. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
7. Of a moderate orange-yellow color.
8. Any of numerous ornamental shrubs grown for their showy flowers of various colors.
9. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
10. A journey for some purpose (usually including the return).
18. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
20. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
23. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
24. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
28. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
29. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
30. Small evergreen shrub of Pacific coast of North America having edible dark purple grape-size berries.
31. Lower in esteem.
32. Russian country house.
34. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
35. Close-fitting pants of heavy denim for casual wear (usually in the plural).
38. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
39. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
40. Any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes.
43. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
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