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1. A strong post (as on a wharf or quay or ship for attaching mooring lines).
5. An anxiety disorder characterized by chronic free-floating anxiety and such symptoms as tension or sweating or trembling of light-headedness or irritability etc that has lasted for more than six months.
8. The sign language used in the United States.
11. The largest continent with 60% of the earth's population.
12. Used of a single unit or thing.
13. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
14. One of several parallel sloping beams that support a roof.
15. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
16. An informal term for a father.
17. A family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southeastern Asia.
20. (informal) Of the highest quality.
27. A Mid-Atlantic state.
28. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
29. Extremely pleasing.
33. A member of a Turkic people of Uzbekistan and neighboring areas.
39. Tag the base runner to get him out.
40. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
43. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
44. The United Nations agency concerned with international maritime activities.
45. The cry made by sheep.
47. Annual grass of Europe and North Africa.
48. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
49. A man who is the lover of a girl or young woman.
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1. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
2. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
3. A diacritical mark (~) placed over the letter n in Spanish to indicate a palatal nasal sound or over a vowel in Portuguese to indicate nasalization.
4. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
5. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
6. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
7. A doctor's degree in education.
8. Large antelope with lightly spiraled horns of desert regions of North Africa.
9. An unforeseen obstacle.
10. Remove with or as if with a ladle.
18. A hospital unit staffed and equipped to provide intensive care.
19. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
21. A shape that sags.
22. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
23. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
24. A light touch or stroke.
25. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
26. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
30. The superior of an abbey of monks.
31. Jordan's port.
32. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
34. The battle in 202 BC in which Scipio decisively defeated Hannibal at the end of the second Punic War.
35. A public promotion of some product or service.
36. A rapid series of short loud sounds (as might be heard with a stethoscope in some types of respiratory disorders).
37. Evergreen trees and shrubs having oily one-seeded fruits.
38. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
41. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
42. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
46. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
47. An edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle.
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