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1. A United Nations agency created to assist developing nations by loans guaranteed by member governments.
5. A unit of power equal to 1000 watts.
7. The yield from plants in a single growing season.
11. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
12. The branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication.
13. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
14. (computer science) A coding system that incorporates extra parity bits in order to detect errors.
16. Pleasant or pleasing or agreeable in nature or appearance.
17. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
18. A landlocked principality in the Himalayas northeast of India.
19. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
21. How long something has existed.
23. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
24. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
26. A public promotion of some product or service.
27. 30 to 300 kilohertz.
28. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
32. The cry made by sheep.
33. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
36. Tag the base runner to get him out.
39. Social insect living in organized colonies.
40. The sixth month of the civil year.
44. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
45. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
46. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
47. An enclosed space.
48. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
49. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
50. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. Conforming to an ultimate standard of perfection or excellence.
2. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
3. A mature blood cell that contains hemoglobin to carry oxygen to the bodily tissues.
4. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
5. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
6. (of the feet of some animals) Having the digits connected by a thin fold of skin.
7. US slang for Canadians in general and French Canadians in particular.
8. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
9. Predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin.
10. The part of a hammerhead opposite the flat striking surface (may have various shapes).
15. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
20. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
22. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
25. Top part of an apron.
29. A coenzyme derived from the B vitamin nicotinic acid.
30. A member of the Iroquoian people formerly living east of Lake Ontario.
31. Small turnover of Indian origin filled with vegetables or meat and fried and served hot.
34. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
35. A city in central New York.
37. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
38. A small cake leavened with yeast.
41. The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on.
42. A master's degree in business.
43. A small piece of cloth.
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