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1. A female person who has the same parents as another person.
4. A small cake leavened with yeast.
8. The former capital and 2nd largest city of Brazil.
11. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
12. The sixth month of the civil year.
13. An ester of adenosine that is converted to ATP for energy storage.
14. A young woman making her debut into society.
15. Colloquial British abbreviation.
16. The 26th letter of the Roman alphabet.
17. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
19. French novelist.
21. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
23. (Middle East) Usually small round bread that can open into a pocket for filling.
24. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
27. A light touch or stroke.
29. A small tent used as a dressing room beside the sea or a swimming pool.
32. A graphical record of electric currents associated with muscle contractions.
35. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
36. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
38. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
39. Tag the base runner to get him out.
40. The month following October and preceding December.
43. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
45. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
46. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
47. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
48. (Irish) The sea personified.
49. An enclosed space.
50. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
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1. Sudden and unexpected death of an apparently healthy infant during sleep.
2. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
3. A midnight meeting of witches to practice witchcraft and sorcery.
4. German organist and contrapuntist (1685-1750).
5. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
6. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
7. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
8. Harass with persistent criticism or carping.
9. The content of cognition.
10. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
18. A port city in southwestern Iran.
20. 30 to 300 kilohertz.
22. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
25. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
26. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
28. A genus of tropical American plants have sword-shaped leaves and a fleshy compound fruits composed of the fruits of several flowers (such as pineapples).
30. A condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people.
31. An imaginary elephant that appears in a series of French books for children.
33. A woman of refinement.
34. Fleshy spore-bearing inner mass of e.g. a puffball or stinkhorn.
37. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
41. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
42. British informal term.
43. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
44. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
45. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
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