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1. Extremely pleasing.
4. Rare (usually fatal) brain disease (usually in middle age) caused by an unidentified slow virus.
7. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
11. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
12. Cooking utensil consisting of a wide metal vessel.
13. A river that rises in western New Mexico and flows westward through southern Arizona to become a tributary of the Colorado River.
14. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
15. A city in the European part of Russia.
16. A blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically.
17. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali metal group.
20. A cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt.
21. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
23. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
25. Botswanan statesman who was the first president of Botswana (1921-1980).
27. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
28. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
30. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
32. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
35. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
36. A native of ancient Troy.
39. British informal term.
43. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
44. A United Nations agency to promote trade by increasing the exchange stability of the major currencies.
45. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
46. The shape of a raised edge of a more or less circular object.
47. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
48. Something causes misery or death.
49. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
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1. An emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight).
2. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
3. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
4. (computer science) The part of a computer (a microprocessor chip) that does most of the data processing.
5. A port in western Israel on the Mediterranean.
6. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
7. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
8. In the Arabian Nights a hero who tells of the fantastic adventures he had in his voyages.
9. (Greek mythology) The Muse of history.
10. An indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint.
18. An embroidered rug made from a coarse Indian felt.
19. French cabaret singer (1915-1963).
22. The cry made by sheep.
24. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
26. The month following July and preceding September.
29. An insane person.
31. A unit of current equal to 10 amperes.
32. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
33. Well grounded in logic or truth or having legal force.
34. (Jungian psychology) The inner self (not the external persona) that is in touch with the unconscious.
37. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
38. An Iranian language spoken in Afghanistan.
40. A fluorocarbon with chlorine.
41. A light touch or stroke.
42. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
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