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1. A change in the electrical properties of the skin in response to stress or anxiety.
4. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
8. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
11. (informal) Of the highest quality.
12. God of death.
13. The upper side of the thighs of a seated person.
14. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
15. In or relating to or obtained from urine.
16. Minor or subordinate.
17. A public promotion of some product or service.
20. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
21. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
22. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
27. A lyric poem with complex stanza forms.
28. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
30. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
31. A genus of Ploceidae.
36. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
38. A recurring sleep state during which rapid eye movements do not occur and dreaming does not occur.
39. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
43. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
44. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
45. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
47. An interest followed with exaggerated zeal.
48. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
49. A small cake leavened with yeast.
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1. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
2. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
3. Having any of numerous bright or strong colors reminiscent of the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies.
4. An Asian river between China and Russia.
5. A bottle with a stopper.
6. Plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals.
7. Russian country house.
8. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
9. Common Indian weaverbird.
10. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
18. The fifth day of the week.
19. A soft silvery metallic element.
23. Before noon.
24. (Scotland) A small loaf or roll of soft bread.
25. An informal term for a father.
26. The cry made by sheep.
29. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
32. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
33. Any of several tall tropical palms native to southeastern Asia having egg-shaped nuts.
34. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
35. A region of complete shadow resulting from total obstruction of light.
37. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
40. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
41. A flexible container with a single opening.
42. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
46. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
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