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1. Little known Kamarupan languages.
5. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
8. A knockout declared by the referee who judges one boxer unable to continue.
11. Exhibiting or restored to vigorous good health.
12. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
13. Mythical bird of prey having enormous size and strength.
14. In bed.
15. Considerate and solicitous care.
16. Take in solid food.
17. The cry made by sheep.
19. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
22. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
23. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
26. Rare (usually fatal) brain disease (usually in middle age) caused by an unidentified slow virus.
28. A United Nations agency created to assist developing nations by loans guaranteed by member governments.
31. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
33. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
36. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
41. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
43. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
45. An interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open.
47. (informal) Roused to anger.
48. On or toward the lee.
49. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
50. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
51. A public promotion of some product or service.
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1. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
2. A small cake leavened with yeast.
3. Evergreen trees and shrubs having oily one-seeded fruits.
4. Having any of numerous bright or strong colors reminiscent of the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies.
5. (slang) A gangster's pistol.
6. Derived from or containing calcium or lime.
7. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
8. A step in walking or running.
9. Sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with gray furry ears and coat.
10. The cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one.
18. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
20. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
21. A quantity of no importance.
24. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
25. A son who has the same first name as his father.
27. 35th President of the United States.
29. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
30. Small genus of mediterranean shrubs.
32. Tag the base runner to get him out.
34. Being or occurring in fact or actuality.
35. (usually followed by `to') Having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something.
37. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
38. A soft yellowish-white trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
39. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
40. An informal term for a father.
42. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
44. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
46. A gray tetravalent metallic element that resembles zirconium chemically and is found in zirconium minerals.
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