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1. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
4. Perennial herb of East India to Polynesia and Australia cultivated for its large edible root yielding Otaheite arrowroot starch.
7. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
11. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
12. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
13. Very fertile.
14. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
15. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
16. A republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
17. Small New Zealand broadleaf evergreen tree often cultivated in warm regions as an ornamental.
20. An informal term for a father.
21. An associate degree in nursing.
23. A position particularly well suited to the person who occupies it.
25. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
29. An unabridged dictionary constructed on historical principles.
31. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
32. Remote city of Kazakhstan that (ostensibly for security reasons) was made the capital in 1998.
35. A person with an unusual or odd personality.
40. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
44. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
45. A river in central Europe that arises in northwestern Czechoslovakia and flows northward through Germany to empty into the North Sea.
46. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
47. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
48. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
49. The United Nations agency concerned with the international organization of food and agriculture.
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1. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
2. The capital of Western Samoa.
3. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
4. Of a period of maximal use or demand or activity.
5. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
6. Electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field.
7. Relating to or characteristic of a tribe.
8. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
9. Strike sharply.
10. A town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern Mediterranean.
18. Take off a hook.
19. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
22. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
24. The fatty flesh of eel.
26. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
27. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
28. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
30. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
33. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
34. Joint capital (with Riyadh) of Saudi Arabia.
36. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
37. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
38. A small cake leavened with yeast.
39. Panel forming the lower part of an interior wall when it is finished differently from the rest.
41. The number that is represented as a one followed by 6 zeros.
42. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
43. A United Nations agency to promote trade by increasing the exchange stability of the major currencies.
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