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1. Wet spongy ground of decomposing vegetation.
4. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
7. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
11. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
12. A small piece of cloth.
13. Offering fun and gaiety.
14. An affirmative.
15. A fraudulent business scheme.
17. A sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow).
18. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
20. Lower in esteem.
25. A large number or amount.
27. Small winged insect living on the bark and leaves of trees and feeding on e.g. fungi and decaying plant matter.
31. A long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur.
32. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
34. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
35. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
36. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
37. Extremely pleasing.
40. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
43. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
45. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
49. The emotion of hate.
50. Bulky grayish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail.
51. A master's degree in business.
52. Lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise.
53. Any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes.
54. A light touch or stroke.
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1. Common Indian weaverbird.
2. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
3. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
4. The bureau of the Treasury Department responsible for tax collections.
5. Small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body.
6. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
7. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
8. A Hindu prince or king in India.
9. By bad luck.
10. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
16. A master's degree in library science.
19. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
21. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
22. The cry made by sheep.
23. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
24. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
26. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances.
28. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
29. A state in midwestern United States.
30. A metric unit of volume equal to one tenth of a liter.
33. Having a back or backing, usually of a specified type.
38. The sixth month of the civil year.
39. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
41. A small cake leavened with yeast.
42. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
44. A young woman making her debut into society.
46. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
47. The part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands.
48. A doctor's degree in dental medicine.
49. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
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