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1. A French abbot.
5. The cry made by sheep.
8. A tight-fitting headdress.
11. A telephone connection.
12. Noisy talk.
13. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
14. Type genus of the family Myacidae.
17. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
18. Take in solid food.
19. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
20. The inner and longer of the two bones of the human forearm.
24. At or constituting a border or edge.
26. South American plant cultivated for its large fragrant trumpet-shaped flowers.
30. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
31. A unit of weight used in Asia.
32. A small cake leavened with yeast.
35. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
39. Someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault.
41. Extremely pleasing.
44. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
46. A rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys.
47. The 2nd letter of the Greek alphabet.
48. The main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants.
49. The branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication.
50. A soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element.
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1. The highest level or degree attainable.
2. Common Indian weaverbird.
3. Cry plaintively.
4. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
5. A rule made by a local authority to regulate its own affairs.
6. An associate degree in applied science.
7. A state in northwestern North America.
8. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances.
9. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
10. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
15. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
16. Hard greenish-brown wood of the lignum vitae tree and other trees of the genus Guaiacum.
21. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
22. Before noon.
23. A Bantu language spoken by the Kamba people in Kenya.
25. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
27. A radioactive transuranic element which has been synthesized.
28. In operation or operational.
29. A public promotion of some product or service.
33. Lower in esteem.
34. American dramatist (1928- ).
35. A state in northwestern North America.
36. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
37. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
38. A small ball with a hole through the middle.
40. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
42. Any of various units of capacity.
43. Towards the side away from the wind.
44. An associate degree in nursing.
45. A gray tetravalent metallic element that resembles zirconium chemically and is found in zirconium minerals.
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