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1. Forbidden to profane use especially in South Pacific islands.
5. The residue that remains when something is burned.
8. A federally chartered savings bank.
11. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
12. The cry made by sheep.
13. (Irish) The sea personified.
14. Valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation.
15. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
16. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
18. One of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
19. Greek mythology.
23. 40th President of the United States (1911- ).
25. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
26. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
28. Group insurance that entitles members to services of participating hospitals and clinics and physicians.
29. A constitutional monarchy on the western part of the islands of Samoa in the South Pacific.
33. A person who makes deceitful pretenses.
37. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
38. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
41. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
42. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
43. 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.
45. Being one hundred more than two hundred.
46. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
47. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
48. A tool with a flat blade attached at right angles to a long handle.
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1. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
2. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
3. Any of several tropical and subtropical treelike herbs of the genus Musa having a terminal crown of large entire leaves and usually bearing hanging clusters of elongated fruits.
4. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
5. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
6. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
7. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
8. A natural talent.
9. The action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack.
10. An ancient city in northern Portugal.
17. The battle in 1806 in which Napoleon decisively defeated the Prussians.
20. (informal British usage) Aggravation or aggression.
21. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
22. Placed crosswise.
24. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
27. The basic unit of electric current adopted under the System International d'Unites.
30. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
31. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
32. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
34. (used of count nouns) Every one considered individually.
35. Beyond what is natural.
36. Small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body.
39. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
40. Counting the number of white and red blood cells and the number of platelets in 1 cubic millimeter of blood.
44. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
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