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1. A French abbot.
5. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
8. (usually followed by `to' or `for') On the point of or strongly disposed.
11. The mother of your father or mother.
12. An informal term for a father.
13. The United Nations agency concerned with the interests of labor.
14. Precipitation of ice pellets when there are strong rising air currents.
15. Used of a single unit or thing.
16. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
17. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
22. Jordan's port.
25. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
26. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
33. The act of escaping physically.
36. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
38. Brilliantly colored arboreal fruit-eating bird of tropical America having a very large thin-walled beak.
40. The network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal function.
41. United States writer noted for his droll epigrams (1902-1971).
42. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
44. The residue that remains when something is burned.
45. A town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern Mediterranean.
46. A light touch or stroke.
47. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
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1. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
2. (informal) Exceptionally good.
3. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
4. An inflammatory complication of leprosy that results in painful skin lesions on the arms and legs and face.
5. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
6. Type genus of the Ranidae.
7. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
8. In the Arabian Nights a hero who tells of the fantastic adventures he had in his voyages.
9. A river in central Europe that arises in northwestern Czechoslovakia and flows northward through Germany to empty into the North Sea.
10. Having a toe or toes of a specified kind.
18. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
19. A city in northern India.
20. A Russian river.
21. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
23. Unknown god.
24. A public promotion of some product or service.
27. An unnaturally frenzied or distraught woman.
28. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
29. A civil or military authority in Turkey or Egypt.
30. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
31. Lower in esteem.
32. Boiled or baked buckwheat.
34. The process of becoming softened and saturated as a consequence of being immersed in water (or other liquid).
35. The lean flesh of a cod-like fish of North Atlantic waters.
37. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
39. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
43. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
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