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1. A member of a pastoral people living in the Nilgiri hills of southern India.
5. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
8. (usually followed by `to' or `for') On the point of or strongly disposed.
11. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
12. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
13. The United Nations agency concerned with the interests of labor.
14. Having nine hinged bands of bony plates.
15. Nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate.
16. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
17. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
23. Tropical American tree producing cacao beans.
25. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
26. American novelist (1909-1955).
29. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
34. A constitutional monarchy in a tiny enclave on the French Riviera.
37. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
38. The sixth month of the civil year.
39. A bachelor's degree in naval science.
42. An enclosed space.
43. Either of two folds of skin that can be moved to cover or open the eye.
45. The residue that remains when something is burned.
46. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
47. A French abbot.
48. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
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1. Thin fibrous bark of the paper mulberry and Pipturus albidus.
2. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
3. A light touch or stroke.
4. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
5. Extremely pleasing.
6. Lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing wholly or in part.
7. A legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body.
8. In the Arabian Nights a hero who tells of the fantastic adventures he had in his voyages.
9. A river in central Europe that arises in northwestern Czechoslovakia and flows northward through Germany to empty into the North Sea.
10. Having a toe or toes of a specified kind.
18. The corporate executive responsible for the operations of the firm.
19. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
20. (informal) Of the highest quality.
21. Conqueror of Gaul and master of Italy (100-44 BC).
22. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
24. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
27. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
28. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
30. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
31. Of or in or relating to the nose.
32. Lower in esteem.
33. Russian country house.
35. (Norse mythology) Ruler of the Aesir.
36. A quantity of no importance.
37. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
40. Tag the base runner to get him out.
41. An inflammatory disease of connective tissue with variable features including fever and weakness and fatigability and joint pains and skin lesions on the face or neck or arms.
44. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
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