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1. A very troublesome child.
5. A unit of force equal to the force that imparts an acceleration of 1 foot/sec/sec to a mass of 1 pound.
8. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
11. Avatar of Vishnu.
12. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
13. The cry made by sheep.
14. An associate degree in nursing.
15. The basic unit of money in Zambia.
17. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
18. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
20. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
24. An alloy of copper and zinc (and sometimes arsenic) used to imitate gold in cheap jewelry and for gilding.
26. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
29. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
31. Regarded with deep or rapturous love (especially as if for a god).
34. Any oily organic compound insoluble in water but soluble in organic solvents.
39. A strong emotion.
42. A boy or man.
43. An association of people to promote the welfare of senior citizens.
45. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
46. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
47. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
48. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
49. A member of a Mayan people of southwestern Guatemala.
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1. (informal) Exceptionally good.
2. Type genus of the Ranidae.
3. Before noon.
4. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
5. Perennial herb of East India to Polynesia and Australia cultivated for its large edible root yielding Otaheite arrowroot starch.
6. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
7. An avalanche volcanic water and mud down the slopes of a volcano.
8. A unit of information equal to one million (1,048,576) bytes.
9. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
10. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
16. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
19. Electronic warfare undertaken to prevent or reduce an enemy's effective use of the electromagnetic spectrum.
21. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
22. Dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight.
23. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
25. Capital city of the Apulia region on the Adriatic coast.
27. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
28. A public promotion of some product or service.
30. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
32. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
33. A drama set to music.
35. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
36. A white crystalline double sulfate of aluminum.
37. The battle in 202 BC in which Scipio decisively defeated Hannibal at the end of the second Punic War.
38. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
40. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
41. A shape that sags.
44. A soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element.
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