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1. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
4. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
7. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
11. Alsatian artist and poet who was cofounder of Dadaism in Zurich.
12. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
13. A tributary of the Rhine.
14. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
15. A signal transmitted along a narrow path.
16. The cry made by sheep.
17. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
20. An informal term for a father.
22. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
24. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
25. Jordan's port.
29. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
30. In the same place (used when citing a reference).
32. A unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns.
39. A sensation (as of a cold breeze or bright light) that precedes the onset of certain disorders such as a migraine attack or epileptic seizure.
43. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
44. Divulge information or secrets.
45. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
46. A serve that strikes the net before falling into the receiver's court.
47. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
48. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
49. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
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1. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
2. An ancient city in northern Portugal.
3. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
4. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
5. At right angles to the length of a ship or airplane.
6. Sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with gray furry ears and coat.
7. A soft silver-white or yellowish metallic element of the alkali metal group.
8. A communist state in the Caribbean on the island of Cuba.
9. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
10. (informal) Exceptionally good.
18. South African term for `boss'.
19. Small genus of succulent annual herbs found on sandy shores of North America and Europe.
21. Informal terms for a (young) woman.
23. Extremely pleasing.
26. A public promotion of some product or service.
27. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
28. Before noon.
31. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
33. Characterized by rising prices.
34. A small cake leavened with yeast.
35. God of love and erotic desire.
36. An island in Indonesia east of Java.
37. In bed.
38. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
40. A small piece of cloth.
41. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
42. The act of slowing down or falling behind.
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