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1. A licensed medical practitioner.
4. Someone who wastes time.
8. (slang) A gangster's pistol.
11. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
12. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
13. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
14. The last (12th) month of the year.
15. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on land.
16. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
17. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
22. A unit of force equal to the force that imparts an acceleration of 1 foot/sec/sec to a mass of 1 pound.
24. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
25. A bachelor's degree in library science.
27. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
30. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
33. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
35. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
37. Unknown god.
38. Squash bugs.
43. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
44. The cry made by sheep.
46. A tube with a small bowl at one end.
47. The residue that remains when something is burned.
48. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
49. Type genus of the Amiidae.
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1. An informal term for a father.
2. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
3. Being one hundred more than two hundred.
4. The capital and largest city of Equatorial Guinea on the island of Bioko in the Gulf of Guinea.
5. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
6. (plate tectonic theory) A hypothetical continent including all the landmass of the earth prior to the Triassic period when it split into Laurasia and Gondwanaland.
7. Either extremity of something that has length.
8. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
9. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
10. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
18. Being ten more than one hundred forty.
19. God of wealth and love.
20. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
21. Liquid containing proteins and electrolytes including the liquid in blood plasma and interstitial fluid.
23. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
26. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
28. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
29. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
31. Similar to the giraffe but smaller with much shorter neck and stripe on the legs.
32. Greek mythology.
34. Type genus of the Anatidae.
35. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
36. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
37. A yellow trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
39. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
40. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
41. A health resort near a spring or at the seaside.
42. Game in which matchsticks are arranged in rows and players alternately remove one or more of them.
43. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
45. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
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