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1. In a murderous frenzy as if possessed by a demon.
5. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
8. The syllable naming the first (tonic) note of any major scale in solmization.
11. A broad highway designed for high-speed traffic.
12. How long something has existed.
13. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
14. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
15. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
16. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
17. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
18. (informal) Of the highest quality.
23. Any of various units of capacity.
25. The cry made by sheep.
27. Any plant of the genus Hoya having fleshy leaves and usually nectariferous flowers.
30. Not only so, but.
33. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
35. A state in southeastern India on the Bay of Bengal (south of Andhra Pradesh).
42. Jordan's port.
44. A unit of electrical resistance equal to the resistance between two points on a conductor when a potential difference of one volt between them produces a current of one ampere.
45. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
47. A stick that people can lean on to help them walk.
48. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
49. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
50. A member of a North American Indian people speaking one of the Hokan language.
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1. A domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church.
2. Any of various minerals consisting of hydrous silicates of aluminum or potassium etc. that crystallize in forms that allow perfect cleavage into very thin leaves.
3. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
4. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
5. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
6. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
7. Having any of numerous bright or strong colors reminiscent of the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies.
8. Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods.
9. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
10. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
19. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
20. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
21. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
22. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
24. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
26. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
28. A soft silvery metallic element.
29. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
31. A plant lacking a permanent woody stem.
32. A radioactive transuranic element.
34. A Portuguese province on the south coast of China and two islands in the South China Sea.
36. A Loloish language.
37. Fallow deer.
38. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
39. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
40. Very fertile.
41. Humble request for help.
43. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
46. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
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