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1. A French abbot.
5. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
8. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
11. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
12. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
13. 10 hao equal 1 dong.
14. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
15. Not divisible by two.
16. God of love and erotic desire.
17. The network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal function.
19. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
23. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
26. The capital of Croatia.
27. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
28. Being one more than one hundred.
29. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
33. Offering fun and gaiety.
36. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
37. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
38. The cry made by sheep.
40. An oil port in southern Iraq.
43. (informal) `johnny' was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War.
45. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
47. A rich soil consisting of a mixture of sand and clay and decaying organic materials.
48. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
49. A lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood.
50. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
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1. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
2. A small cake leavened with yeast.
3. South African term for `boss'.
4. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
5. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
6. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
7. A brittle gray crystalline element that is a semiconducting metalloid (resembling silicon) used in transistors.
8. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
9. Fallow deer.
10. Showing characteristics of age, especially having gray or white hair.
18. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
20. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
21. A type of submachine gun that is designed and manufactured in Israel.
22. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
24. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
25. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
30. A sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow).
31. The capacitance of a capacitor that has an equal and opposite charge of 1 coulomb on each plate and a voltage difference of 1 volt between the plates.
32. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
34. In bed.
35. King of Saudi Arabia since 1982 (born in 1922).
36. A doctor's degree in religion.
39. A federation of North American labor unions that merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955.
40. A person who announces and plays popular recorded music.
41. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
42. Surface layer of ground containing a matt of grass and grass roots.
43. Informal terms for a mother.
44. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
46. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
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