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1. Small cubes with 1 to 6 spots on the faces.
4. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
7. Oval reproductive body of a fowl (especially a hen) used as food.
11. An extension at the end and at right angles to the main building.
12. An overwhelming feeling of wonder or admiration.
13. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
14. Being two more than fifty.
15. Austrian composer who influenced the classical form of the symphony (1732-1809).
16. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
17. An Iranian language spoken in Iran and Russia.
20. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
24. A very light colorless element that is one of the six inert gasses.
25. The capital of Croatia.
26. A state in southeastern United States between the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico.
27. A small tent used as a dressing room beside the sea or a swimming pool.
30. A deliberately misleading fabrication.
33. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
35. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances.
36. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
38. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
40. East Indian cereal grass whose seed yield a somewhat bitter flour, a staple in the Orient.
44. The network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal function.
45. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
46. In bed.
47. The residue that remains when something is burned.
48. The cry made by sheep.
49. God of love and erotic desire.
50. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
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1. A low triangular area where a river divides before entering a larger body of water.
2. A Greek epic poem (attributed to Homer) describing the siege of Troy.
3. A Hebrew prophet in the Old Testament who opposed the worship of idols.
4. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
5. The basic unit of money in China.
6. A field covered with grass or herbage and suitable for grazing by livestock.
7. The longest division of geological time.
8. A physician who is not a specialist but treats all illnesses.
9. Footwear usually with wooden soles.
10. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
18. A medicinal drug used to evoke vomiting (especially in cases of drug overdose or poisoning).
19. 32nd President of the United States.
21. A male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917).
22. The (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb.
23. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
28. A kind of heavy jacket (`windcheater' is a British term).
29. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
31. Lower in esteem.
32. Boiled or baked buckwheat.
34. A small cake leavened with yeast.
37. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
38. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
39. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
41. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
42. A crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry.
43. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
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