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1. A female domestic.
5. The cry made by sheep.
8. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
11. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
12. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
13. The 21st letter of the Greek alphabet.
14. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
15. The sound made by a gentle blow.
16. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
17. Tropical African herbs.
21. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
23. The hair growing on the lower part of a man's face.
26. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
27. (Scottish) Bluish-black or gray-blue.
30. Tropical American trees with palmately compound leaves and showy bell-shaped flowers.
34. A unit of information equal to one million (1,048,576) bytes.
36. A mountain peak in the Andes in Bolivia (21,391 feet high).
38. A light touch or stroke.
42. Primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needle-like teeth.
43. Type genus of the family Myacidae.
44. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
45. A type of submachine gun that is designed and manufactured in Israel.
46. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
47. Look at with amorous intentions.
48. 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. Being nothing more than specified.
2. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
3. A state in the Rocky Mountains.
4. Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods.
5. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
6. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
7. The basic unit of electric current adopted under the System International d'Unites.
8. An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel.
9. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
10. Port city that is the capital and largest city of Latvia.
18. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
19. One of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
20. An aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect.
22. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
24. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
25. A submerged ridge of rock or coral near the surface of the water.
28. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
29. Marked by blithe unconcern.
31. Tree of the West Indies and northern South America bearing succulent edible orange-sized fruit.
32. Affect with wonder.
33. Of or relating to or containing barium.
35. Common Indian weaverbird.
37. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
39. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
40. Relating to or containing the azo radical.
41. A humorous anecdote or remark.
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