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1. God of love and erotic desire.
5. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
7. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
11. Armor plate that protects the chest.
12. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
13. (Greek mythology) Daughter of Zeus and Demeter.
14. A vigorous blow.
15. (Scotland) A small loaf or roll of soft bread.
16. Small rounded bread either plain or sweet.
17. Before noon.
20. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
23. The basic unit of money in Papua New Guinea.
24. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
25. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
26. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
29. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
30. Extremely pleasing.
33. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
36. Wet spongy ground of decomposing vegetation.
37. Informal terms for a mother.
38. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
42. Vietnamese New Year.
43. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
44. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
45. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
46. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
47. A village in eastern Ireland (northwest of Dublin).
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1. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
2. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
3. (prefix) Bad or erroneous or lack of.
4. The residue that remains when something is burned.
5. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
6. A cut of meat (beef or veal or mutton or lamb) from the upper part of the leg.
7. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
8. Large high frilly cap with a full crown.
9. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
10. The (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb.
18. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
19. Small buffalo of the Celebes having small straight horns.
21. (music) The pace of music measured by the number of beats occurring in 60 seconds.
22. A river of southwestern Africa that rises in central Angola and flows east and then north (forming part of the border between Angola and Congo) and continuing northwest through Congo to empty into the Congo River on the border between Congo and Republic of the Congo.
27. 1 species.
28. On a ship, train, plane or other vehicle.
31. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
32. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
34. In bed.
35. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
39. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
40. Standard time in the 7th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 105th meridian west.
41. A health resort near a spring or at the seaside.
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