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1. A newt in its terrestrial stage of development.
4. An ancient Assyrian city on the River Tigris and traditional capital of Assyria.
8. A barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea.
11. A statement that deviates from or perverts the truth.
12. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
13. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
14. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
15. Wheelwork consisting of a connected set of rotating gears by which force is transmitted or motion or torque is changed.
16. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
19. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
22. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
25. A landlocked republic in eastern Africa.
29. The cry made by sheep.
31. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
34. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
41. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
44. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
45. Psychoactive substance present in marijuana.
46. Using speech rather than writing.
47. Any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species.
48. Take in solid food.
49. A small cake leavened with yeast.
50. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
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1. Other than what is under consideration or implied.
2. A tax on employees and employers that is used to fund the Social Security system.
3. A drop of the clear salty saline solution secreted by the lacrimal glands.
4. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
5. A fencing sword with a v-shaped blade and a slightly curved handle.
6. A monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles.
7. A motley assortment of things.
8. The face of a timepiece.
9. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
10. An independent group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic languages.
17. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
18. A hospital unit staffed and equipped to provide intensive care.
20. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
21. Hungarian choreographer who developed Labanotation (1879-1958).
23. An informal term for a father.
24. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
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. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
32. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
33. Sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with gray furry ears and coat.
35. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
36. Consideration in dealing with others and avoiding giving offence.
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 numbered compartment in a post office where mail is put to be called for.
43. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
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