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1. A long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur.
4. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
8. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
11. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
12. An informal term for a father.
13. An extension at the end and at right angles to the main building.
14. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
15. The persistence of a sound after its source has stopped.
16. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
17. Beer brewed for immediate consumption.
19. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
21. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
22. A Russian river.
25. A heavy ductile magnetic metallic element.
28. A doctor's degree in dental surgery.
31. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
36. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
37. Small shrubby African tree having compound leaves and racemes of small fragrant green flowers.
42. A dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain.
45. Immense East Indian fruit resembling breadfruit of.
48. Having leadership guidance.
49. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
50. A small cake leavened with yeast.
51. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
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1. South African term for `boss'.
2. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
3. A town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern Mediterranean.
4. Chief port of Yemen.
5. One who works hard at boring tasks.
6. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
7. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
8. A human limb.
9. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
10. Divulge information or secrets.
18. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
20. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
23. God of death.
24. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
26. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
27. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
29. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
30. A state in north central United States.
32. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
33. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
34. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
35. The compass point midway between east and southeast.
38. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
39. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
40. In bed.
41. A quantity of no importance.
43. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
44. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
45. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
46. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
47. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
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