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1. A piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep.
4. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
8. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
11. (informal) Of the highest quality.
12. Fossil fuel consisting of carbonized vegetable matter deposited in the Carboniferous period.
13. Primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needle-like teeth.
14. (informal) Exceptionally good.
16. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
17. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
18. A sensation (as of a cold breeze or bright light) that precedes the onset of certain disorders such as a migraine attack or epileptic seizure.
19. A doctor's degree in religion.
21. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
22. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
24. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
26. A deep bow.
28. A quantity of no importance.
31. A bachelor's degree in religion.
36. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
37. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
39. The 10th letter of the Greek alphabet.
43. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
46. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
47. An independent group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic languages.
48. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
50. A primeval personification of air and breath.
51. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
52. An informal term for a father.
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1. A small cake leavened with yeast.
2. A very light brown.
3. Dearly loved.
4. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
5. Expletives used informally as intensifiers.
6. The (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb.
7. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
8. How long something has existed.
9. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
10. A steep rugged rock or cliff.
15. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
20. A nation in northern North America.
23. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
25. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
27. A public promotion of some product or service.
29. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
30. An edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle.
32. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
33. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
34. Lower in esteem.
35. Large ornamental tropical American tree with bipinnate leaves and globose clusters of flowers with crimson stamens and sweet-pulp seed pods eaten by cattle.
36. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
38. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
39. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
40. An informal term for a father.
41. Having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly.
42. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
44. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
45. The cry made by sheep.
49. A doctor's degree in optometry.
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