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1. A potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry.
4. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
7. A small island.
11. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
12. How long something has existed.
13. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
14. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
15. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
17. A resource.
18. Squash bugs.
20. (folklore) A corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living.
22. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
23. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
24. Wood of a sumac.
26. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
27. Mar or spoil the appearance of.
30. A human limb.
33. An awkward stupid person.
37. Lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing wholly or in part.
38. A motley assortment of things.
40. One or some or every or all without specification.
43. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
44. Tag the base runner to get him out.
45. Surpassing the ordinary especially in size or scale.
46. A metric unit of length equal to 10,000 meters.
47. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
48. A quantity of no importance.
49. Seed of a pea plant.
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1. An informal term for a father.
2. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
3. A deep bow.
4. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
5. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
6. A young woman making her debut into society.
7. A state in midwestern United States.
8. A fraudulent business scheme.
9. Being three more than fifty.
10. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
16. (anatomy) Of or relating to the ilium.
19. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
21. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
25. The corporate executive responsible for the operations of the firm.
28. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
29. Filled with fear or apprehension.
31. Of or relating to the kidneys.
32. By chance.
34. A unit of current equal to 10 amperes.
35. The absolute unit of pressure equal to one dyne per square centimeter.
36. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
39. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
41. The habitation of wild animals.
42. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
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