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1. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
4. South American shrub or small tree having long shining evergreen leaves and panicles of green or yellow flowers.
8. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
11. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
12. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
13. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
14. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
16. A type of submachine gun that is designed and manufactured in Israel.
17. The products of human creativity.
18. The sixth month of the civil year.
19. Offering fun and gaiety.
21. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
22. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
24. (Welsh) A warrior god.
25. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
27. A hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland.
29. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
33. Australian shrubs and small trees with evergreen usually spiny leaves and dense clusters of showy flowers.
34. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
37. A short labored intake of breath with the mouth open.
40. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
43. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
44. The villain in William Shakespeare's tragedy who tricked Othello into murdering his wife.
46. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
47. A primeval personification of air and breath.
48. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
49. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
2. Advanced in years.
3. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
4. An informal term for a father.
5. (Sumerian) Sun god.
6. A member of a Muslim Turkic people of western Asia (especially in Kazakstan).
7. Fleshy and usually brightly colored cover of some seeds that develops from the ovule stalk and partially or entirely envelopes the seed.
8. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
9. Found along western Atlantic coast.
10. The cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one.
15. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
20. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
23. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
26. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
28. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
30. The sixth month of the Hindu calendar.
31. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
32. A Bantu language spoken by the Chaga people in northern Tanzania.
35. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
36. A feeling of intense anger.
38. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
39. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
41. A long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur.
42. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
45. 1,000,000,000 periods per second.
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