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1. Former measure of the US economy.
4. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
8. A boy or man.
11. Of or relating to a member of the Buddhist people inhabiting the Mekong river in Laos and Thailand.
12. The capital and chief port of Qatar.
13. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
14. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
16. A holy war by Muslims against unbelievers.
17. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
18. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
20. North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean.
21. (informal) Exceptionally good.
23. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
25. A landlocked republic in eastern Africa.
29. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
32. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
33. Tropical American tree producing cacao beans.
36. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
41. The compass point that is midway between north and northeast.
45. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
46. Not of long duration.
47. Using speech rather than writing.
48. Any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species.
49. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
50. A small cake leavened with yeast.
51. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
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1. A compact mass.
2. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
3. A writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry).
4. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
5. The inner and thicker of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle.
6. A public promotion of some product or service.
7. A Hindu prince or king in India.
8. A Loloish language.
9. By bad luck.
10. An informal term for a father.
15. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
19. Largest known toad species.
22. Hungarian choreographer who developed Labanotation (1879-1958).
24. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
26. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
27. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
28. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
30. An associate degree in applied science.
31. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances.
34. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
35. Sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with gray furry ears and coat.
37. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
38. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
39. In bed.
40. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
42. A member of a people living in southern Benin and Togo and southeastern Ghana.
43. A numbered compartment in a post office where mail is put to be called for.
44. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
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