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1. A French abbot.
5. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
8. An operating system that is on a disk.
11. A sudden short attack.
12. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
13. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
14. In bed.
15. Used of a single unit or thing.
16. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity equal to 10 decibels.
17. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
22. A medicinal drug used to evoke vomiting (especially in cases of drug overdose or poisoning).
24. A corporation authorized by Congress to provide a secondary market for residential mortgages.
26. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
28. A state in the eastern United States.
29. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
32. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
33. Very dark black.
36. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
37. Unknown god.
38. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
42. Wild and domestic cattle.
44. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
45. (informal) Of the highest quality.
46. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
47. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
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1. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
2. A small cake leavened with yeast.
3. A coffin along with its stand.
4. A doctor's degree in education.
5. (informal) Exceptionally good.
6. Type genus of the Ranidae.
7. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
8. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
9. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
10. The clock time given by a clock carried on board a spacecraft.
18. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
19. A name for the Old Testament God as transliterated from the Hebrew YHVH.
20. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
21. A radioactive transuranic element.
23. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
25. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
27. A member of an agricultural people of southern India.
30. Red Bordeaux wine from the Medoc district of southwestern France.
31. Lower in esteem.
32. A doctor's degree in education.
34. Similar to the giraffe but smaller with much shorter neck and stripe on the legs.
35. Greek mythology.
39. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
40. A light touch or stroke.
41. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
42. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
43. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
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