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1. 100 avos equal 1 pataca.
4. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
8. The smallest multiple that is exactly divisible by every member of a set of numbers.
11. An accidental happening.
12. An informal term for a father.
13. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
14. (Greek mythology) Greek god of war.
16. An interest followed with exaggerated zeal.
17. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
18. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
21. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
23. A device (trade name Aqua-Lung) that lets divers breathe under water.
25. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
27. (Scottish) Bluish-black or gray-blue.
30. Type genus of the Alaudidae.
34. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
35. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
37. A series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished.
38. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
40. Being two more than fifty.
43. A knockout declared by the referee who judges one boxer unable to continue.
44. (usually followed by `of') Released from something onerous (especially an obligation or duty).
46. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
47. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
48. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
49. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
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1. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
2. A Spanish unit of length (about a yard) having different values in different localities.
3. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
4. A public promotion of some product or service.
5. The airforce of Great Britain.
6. A condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people.
7. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
8. Weight to be borne or conveyed.
9. Wearing or provided with clothing.
10. God of death.
15. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
19. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
20. One of two flaps attached to a cap to keep the ears warm.
22. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
24. A city in the European part of Russia.
26. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
28. Any oily organic compound insoluble in water but soluble in organic solvents.
29. (computer science) A coding system that incorporates extra parity bits in order to detect errors.
31. (used of opinions and actions) Far beyond the norm.
32. The capital and chief port and largest city of Senegal.
33. A positively charged electrode by which electrons leave an electrical device.
36. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
37. 10 grams.
39. A doctor's degree in education.
41. Being one more than two.
42. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
45. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
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