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1. Having a toe or toes of a specified kind.
4. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
8. (usually followed by `to' or `for') On the point of or strongly disposed.
11. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
12. An expression of open-mouthed astonishment.
13. The United Nations agency concerned with the interests of labor.
14. (computer science) The smallest discrete component of an image or picture on a CRT screen (usually a colored dot).
15. Norwegian mathematician (1802-1829).
16. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
17. A fraudulent business scheme.
19. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
21. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
24. A public promotion of some product or service.
26. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali metal group.
27. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
28. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
29. God of death.
31. A mountainous republic of south-central Europe.
34. A small cake leavened with yeast.
38. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
39. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
41. Any orchid of the genus Disa.
43. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
44. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
46. A potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry.
47. The basic unit of money in Albania.
48. Type genus of the Ranidae.
49. Used of a single unit or thing.
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1. (military) Signal to turn the lights out.
2. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
3. Enthusiastic approval.
4. One of the most common of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
5. A clique that seeks power usually through intrigue.
6. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
7. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
8. In the Arabian Nights a hero who tells of the fantastic adventures he had in his voyages.
9. A river in central Europe that arises in northwestern Czechoslovakia and flows northward through Germany to empty into the North Sea.
10. Having a toe or toes of a specified kind.
18. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
20. A wall hanging of heavy handwoven fabric with pictorial designs.
22. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
23. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
25. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
30. A port city in southwestern Iran.
32. Realistic Norwegian author who wrote plays on social and political themes (1828-1906).
33. Lower in esteem.
35. A French abbot.
36. Related to or located at the back.
37. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
40. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
42. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
43. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
45. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
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