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1. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
4. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
8. An emotional response that has been acquired by conditioning.
11. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
12. Common Indian weaverbird.
13. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
14. In a competent capable manner.
16. Minute floating marine tunicate having a transparent body with an opening at each end.
18. A unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns.
19. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
20. A male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917).
21. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
22. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
23. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
24. The hair growing on the lower part of a man's face.
26. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
27. 100 fen equal 1 yuan.
31. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
32. A small cake leavened with yeast.
36. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
40. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
44. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
45. The 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet.
46. (Polynesian) An alcoholic drink made from the aromatic roots of the kava shrub.
47. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
48. Headdress that protects the head from bad weather.
49. A state in the western United States.
50. A young woman making her debut into society.
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1. Jordan's port.
2. Bar temporarily.
3. Disabled in the feet or legs.
4. A Russian river.
5. Shaped and dried dough made from flour and water and sometimes egg.
6. An unfledged or nestling hawk.
7. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
8. A radioactive transuranic element.
9. The younger brother of Edwy who became king of Northumbria when it renounced Edwy.
10. Marked by excessive enthusiasm for and intense devotion to a cause or idea.
15. A port in western Israel on the Mediterranean.
17. (prefix) Coming before or being preliminary or preparatory.
25. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
28. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
29. The cry made by sheep.
30. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
33. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
34. Anything that serves as an enticement.
35. An island in Indonesia south of Borneo.
36. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
37. Set down according to a plan.
38. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
39. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
41. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
42. An audiotape recording of sound.
43. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
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