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1. Large (to 3 feet) blackish yellow-banded South American lizard.
5. A cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt.
8. A device for creating a current of air by movement of a surface or surfaces.
11. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
12. A nucleotide derived from adenosine that occurs in muscle tissue.
13. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
14. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
15. (informal) Of the highest quality.
16. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
17. Of or at or relating to an anode.
20. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances.
22. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
23. A flexible container with a single opening.
24. In bed.
26. East Indian tree whose leaves are used for fodder.
29. Top part of an apron.
31. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
32. A state in northwestern North America.
34. Affect with wonder.
36. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
41. A blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically.
44. Gymnastic apparatus consisting of two parallel wooden bars supported on uprights.
45. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
47. A rounded thickly curled hairdo.
48. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
49. Divulge information or secrets.
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1. The basic unit of money in Western Samoa.
2. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
3. English writer of macabre short stories (1863-1943).
4. An ancient city of Sumer located on a former channel of the Euphrates River.
5. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
6. (of securities) Not quoted on a stock exchange.
7. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
8. A trivial lie.
9. A condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people.
10. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
18. Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods.
19. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
21. An awkward stupid person.
25. (Scottish) Bluish-black or gray-blue.
27. A master's degree in business.
28. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
30. The striking of one body against another.
33. Fiber from an East Indian plant Hibiscus cannabinus.
35. A bluish-white lustrous metallic element.
37. The basic unit of money in Ethiopia.
38. In addition.
39. A small cake leavened with yeast.
40. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
42. The cry made by sheep.
43. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
44. How long something has existed.
46. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
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