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1. Extremely pleasing.
4. A system of weights used for precious metals and gemstones.
8. A guided missile fired from shipboard against an airborne target.
11. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
12. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
13. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
14. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
15. The closing section of a musical composition.
16. An acute inflammatory disease occurring in the intestines of premature infants.
17. A public promotion of some product or service.
19. (Judaism) A period of seven days of mourning after the death of close relative.
21. An anxiety disorder characterized by chronic free-floating anxiety and such symptoms as tension or sweating or trembling of light-headedness or irritability etc that has lasted for more than six months.
22. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
23. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
27. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
30. A large spotted feline of tropical America similar to the leopard.
35. An associate degree in nursing.
37. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
40. Unhappy in love.
43. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
44. King of Saudi Arabia since 1982 (born in 1922).
46. The airforce of Great Britain.
47. An informal term for a father.
48. A town in north central Oklahoma.
49. 30 to 300 gigahertz.
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1. A tax on employees and employers that is used to fund the Social Security system.
2. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
3. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
4. Genus of tropical plants with creeping rootstocks and small umbellate flowers.
5. The former capital and 2nd largest city of Brazil.
6. The probability of a specified outcome.
7. Not only so, but.
8. In the Arabian Nights a hero who tells of the fantastic adventures he had in his voyages.
9. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
10. Austrian physicist and philosopher who introduced the Mach number and who founded logical positivism (1838-1916).
18. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
20. A United Nations agency created to assist developing nations by loans guaranteed by member governments.
24. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
25. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
26. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
28. The ruler of a Muslim country (especially of the former Ottoman Empire).
29. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
31. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
32. A socially awkward or tactless act.
33. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
34. Material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds.
36. Type genus of the Nepidae.
37. A public promotion of some product or service.
38. A state in northwestern North America.
39. Female equine animal.
41. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
42. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
45. An expression of greeting.
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