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1. A caustic detergent useful for removing grease.
4. A public area set aside as a pedestrian walk.
8. Piece of solid food for dipping in a liquid.
11. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
12. On or toward the lee.
13. An accountant certified by the state.
14. The sign language used in the United States.
15. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
16. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
17. A great waterfall on the border between Brazil and Paraguay.
20. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
23. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
26. A member of a seafaring group of North American Indians who lived on the Pacific coast of British Columbia and southwestern Alaska.
28. An ester of adenosine that is converted to ATP for energy storage.
31. A long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur.
32. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
35. Celebes megapode that lays eggs in holes in sandy beaches.
37. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
38. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
39. A French abbot.
43. An angular shape characterized by sharp turns in alternating directions.
44. A sudden short attack.
45. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
46. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
47. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
48. Seed of a pea plant.
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1. A narcotic that is considered a hard drug.
2. A Loloish language.
3. A deep bow.
4. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
5. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
6. Flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes.
7. Having leadership guidance.
8. A mark left by the healing of injured tissue.
9. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
10. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
18. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
19. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
21. An informal term for a father.
22. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
24. A federation of North American industrial unions that merged with the American Federation of Labor in 1955.
25. Any triangular fore-and-aft sail (set forward of the foremast) v 1.
27. On a ship, train, plane or other vehicle.
29. (Mesopotamia) God of agriculture and earth.
30. The beach at a seaside resort.
33. With the mouth wide open as in wonder or awe.
34. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
36. English monk and scholar (672-735).
40. The cry made by sheep.
41. Top part of an apron.
42. The upper side of the thighs of a seated person.
43. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
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