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1. The first month of the year.
4. The residue that remains when something is burned.
7. Marked by the reception of pay.
11. 100 avos equal 1 pataca.
12. Top part of an apron.
13. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
14. Of or relating to Fabianism.
16. Any of the short curved hairs that grow from the edges of the eyelids.
17. A quantity sufficient to satisfy.
18. A small cake leavened with yeast.
20. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 100 liters.
21. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
23. That is to say.
27. Conforming to an ultimate standard of perfection or excellence.
32. (Scotland) A small loaf or roll of soft bread.
33. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
34. A light touch or stroke.
36. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
40. A public promotion of some product or service.
42. A shop where a variety of goods are sold.
44. An aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect.
47. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
48. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
49. How long something has existed.
50. An informal term for a father.
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1. A port in western Israel on the Mediterranean.
2. A means of serving.
3. Having high moral qualities.
4. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
5. In the Arabian Nights a hero who tells of the fantastic adventures he had in his voyages.
6. A hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red blood cells their characteristic color.
7. An Anatolian language.
8. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
9. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
10. Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods.
15. Being nine more than forty.
19. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
22. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
24. The cry made by sheep.
25. An associate degree in nursing.
26. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
28. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
29. A cylindrical drawstring bag used by sailors to hold their clothing and other gear.
30. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
31. Filled with fear or apprehension.
35. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
37. The azimuth of a celestial body is the angle between the vertical plane containing it and the plane of the meridian.
38. A quantity of no importance.
39. Toward the mouth or oral region.
41. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
43. (informal) Of the highest quality.
45. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
46. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
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