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1. An elegantly dressed man (often with affected manners).
4. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
8. The act of hauling something (as a vehicle) by means of a hitch or rope.
11. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
12. An informal term for a father.
13. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
14. A small cake leavened with yeast.
16. Flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes.
17. The basic unit of money in Albania.
18. Evergreen trees and shrubs having oily one-seeded fruits.
19. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
21. An ancient musical horn made from the horn of a ram.
23. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
26. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
27. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
29. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
31. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
32. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
36. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
40. A city in northern India.
41. The products of human creativity.
45. (informal) A witty amusing person who makes jokes.
46. The United Nations agency concerned with the international organization of food and agriculture.
47. A dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain.
48. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
49. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
50. A quantity of no importance.
51. The longest division of geological time.
52. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
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1. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
2. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
3. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
4. A public promotion of some product or service.
5. Celebes megapode that lays eggs in holes in sandy beaches.
6. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
7. A member of a seafaring group of North American Indians who lived on the Pacific coast of British Columbia and southwestern Alaska.
8. A fine grained mineral having a soft soapy feel and consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate.
9. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
10. Flightless New Zealand rail of thievish disposition having short wings each with a spur used in fighting.
15. An associate degree in applied science.
20. A river that rises in northern Colombia and flows generally eastward to the Orinoco in central Venezuela.
22. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
24. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
25. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
28. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
30. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
33. 100 ngwee equal 1 kwacha.
34. (Greek mythology) The Muse of lyric and love poetry.
35. (Mesopotamia) God of agriculture and earth.
37. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
38. (physics and chemistry) The smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element.
39. King of Saudi Arabia since 1982 (born in 1922).
40. A resource.
42. Airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc..
43. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
44. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
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