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1. In bed.
5. Extremely pleasing.
8. Inquire about.
11. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
12. One of the most common of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
13. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
14. (physics and chemistry) The smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element.
15. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
16. A three-year law degree.
17. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
19. The mission in San Antonio where in 1836 Mexican forces under Santa Anna besieged and massacred American rebels who were fighting to make Texas independent of Mexico.
23. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
24. Small tropical American tree bearing edible plumlike fruit.
27. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
29. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
32. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
33. Capital of modern Macedonia.
37. A short labored intake of breath with the mouth open.
40. A mountainous landlocked communist state in southeastern Asia.
43. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
44. Government agency created in 1974 to license and regulate nuclear power plants.
46. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
47. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
48. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
49. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
2. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
3. An organic compound that contains a hydroxyl group bonded to a carbon atom which in turn is doubly bonded to another carbon atom.
4. A barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea.
5. A tax on employees and employers that is used to fund the Social Security system.
6. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
7. A small cake leavened with yeast.
8. Muslim name for God.
9. A city in central Alabama on the Alabama river.
10. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
18. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
20. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
21. (Greek mythology) Son of Daedalus.
22. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
25. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
26. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
28. A piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep.
30. A public promotion of some product or service.
31. A Bantu language spoken by the Chaga people in northern Tanzania.
34. A deep orange-red variety of chalcedony.
35. German bacteriologist who isolated the anthrax bacillus and the tubercle bacillus and the cholera bacillus (1843-1910).
36. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
37. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
38. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
39. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
41. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
42. A light touch or stroke.
45. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
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