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1. The network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal function.
4. Wet spongy ground of decomposing vegetation.
7. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
11. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
12. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
13. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
14. The United Nations agency concerned with international maritime activities.
15. A small ball with a hole through the middle.
17. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
18. Covered with paving material.
20. Tag the base runner to get him out.
21. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
27. Thorny shrub or small tree common in central Argentina having small orange or yellow flowers followed by edible berries.
30. Jordan's port.
32. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
33. A public promotion of some product or service.
34. Two items of the same kind.
36. A fraudulent business scheme.
41. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
43. A port city in southwestern Iran.
45. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
46. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
48. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
49. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
50. Scottish sea captain who was hired to protect British shipping in the Indian Ocean and then was accused of piracy and hanged (1645-1701).
51. (computer science) A computer that is running software that allows users to leave messages and access information of general interest.
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1. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
2. Someone whose business is advertising.
3. Having the hair or wool cut or clipped off as if with shears or clippers.
4. A small cake leavened with yeast.
5. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
6. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
7. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
8. A primeval personification of air and breath.
9. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
10. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
16. Deciduous shrub of North America.
19. An unnaturally frenzied or distraught woman.
22. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
23. By bad luck.
24. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
25. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
26. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
28. Any member of Athapaskan tribes that migrated to the southwestern desert (from Arizona to Texas and south into Mexico).
29. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
31. God of love and erotic desire.
35. A period of time containing 365 (or 366) days.
37. One of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes.
38. In bed.
39. Clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion.
40. Type genus of the Anatidae.
42. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
43. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
44. A light touch or stroke.
45. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
47. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
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