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1. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
5. The cry made by sheep.
8. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
11. English essayist (1775-1834).
12. (Judaism) Sacred chest where the ancient Hebrews kept the two tablets containing the Ten Commandments.
13. 10 hao equal 1 dong.
14. Earn on some commercial or business transaction.
15. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
16. (informal) Of the highest quality.
17. Make uniform.
19. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
21. King of Saudi Arabia from 1964 to 1975 (1906-1975).
24. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
27. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
28. 100 fen equal 1 yuan.
29. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
31. (used of count nouns) Every one considered individually.
32. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
36. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
39. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
44. Primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needle-like teeth.
45. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
46. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
47. A type of submachine gun that is designed and manufactured in Israel.
48. A flexible container with a single opening.
49. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
50. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
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1. Plant having a large slender white bulb and flat overlapping dark green leaves.
2. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
3. A river in northern England that flows southeast through West Yorkshire.
4. Valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation.
5. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
6. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
7. Jordan's port.
8. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
9. The state of needing something that is absent or unavailable.
10. 100 toea equal 1 kina.
18. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
20. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
22. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
23. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
25. A public promotion of some product or service.
26. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
30. A doctor's degree in education.
33. Tree of the West Indies and northern South America bearing succulent edible orange-sized fruit.
34. Affect with wonder.
35. Of or relating to or containing barium.
37. A small cake leavened with yeast.
38. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
40. 10 grams.
41. The syllable naming the first (tonic) note of any major scale in solmization.
42. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
43. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
44. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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