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1. A United Nations agency to promote trade by increasing the exchange stability of the major currencies.
4. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary and stimulates growth of Graafian follicles in female mammals, and activates sperm-forming cells in male mammals.
7. A company emblem or device.
11. The month following February and preceding April.
12. A city in the European part of Russia.
13. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
14. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
15. Harass with persistent criticism or carping.
17. Small cubes with 1 to 6 spots on the faces.
18. A percussion instrument consisting of a metal plate that is struck with a soft-headed drumstick.
20. A Christian holiday celebrating the birth of Christ.
22. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
23. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
25. American novelist (1909-1955).
27. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
28. Very sad.
29. Cause to feel resentment or indignation.
32. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
33. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
36. A soft gray ductile metallic element used in alloys.
38. A river in northern England that flows southeast through West Yorkshire.
41. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
43. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
44. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
45. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
47. A cgs unit of work or energy.
50. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
51. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
52. (informal) Of the highest quality.
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1. (psychoanalysis) An idealized image of someone (usually a parent) formed in childhood.
2. Of or relating to or characteristic of Morocco or its people.
3. The basic monetary unit in many countries.
4. The dressed hairy coat of a mammal.
5. The second largest city in Tunisia.
6. An abbreviation for `hazardous material' used on warning signs.
7. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
8. An unabridged dictionary constructed on historical principles.
9. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
10. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
16. The capital of Croatia.
19. Small genus of Eurasian herbs.
21. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
24. A tall upright megalith.
26. Moth having nonfunctional mouthparts as adults.
30. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
31. Expletives used informally as intensifiers.
34. Of or relating to or containing barium.
35. Lower in esteem.
37. Pompous or pretentious talk or writing.
39. Earn on some commercial or business transaction.
40. A public promotion of some product or service.
42. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
46. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
48. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
49. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
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