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1. Select as an alternative.
4. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
8. Tag the base runner to get him out.
11. Perennial herb of East India to Polynesia and Australia cultivated for its large edible root yielding Otaheite arrowroot starch.
12. Located at or near the back of an animal.
13. The United Nations agency concerned with international maritime activities.
14. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
15. A river that rises in northeastern Turkey (near the source of the Euphrates) and flows generally eastward through Armenia to the Caspian Sea.
16. A broad flat muscle on either side of the back.
17. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
21. A genus of Ploceidae.
25. A Hindu goddess who releases from sin or disease.
26. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
27. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
33. A small cake leavened with yeast.
36. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
39. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
40. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
41. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
42. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
44. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
46. The waging of armed conflict against an enemy.
47. A cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment).
48. The month following July and preceding September.
49. A digital display that uses liquid crystal cells that change reflectivity in an applied electric field.
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1. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
2. Type genus of the Pipidae.
3. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
4. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
5. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
6. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
7. A doctor's degree in dental surgery.
8. Large Indian antelope.
9. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
10. A wine bottle made of leather.
18. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
19. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
20. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
22. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
23. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
24. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
28. Wool of the alpaca.
29. The cry made by sheep.
30. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
31. Wood of a sumac.
32. The hair growing on the lower part of a man's face.
34. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
35. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
37. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
38. A ship's small boat (usually rowed by 4 or 6 oars).
43. A Mid-Atlantic state.
45. A soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent and univalent) metallic element.
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