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1. 10 hao equal 1 dong.
4. (old-fashioned) At or from or to a great distance.
8. Injured by bites or stings.
11. The basic unit of electric current adopted under the System International d'Unites.
12. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
13. The seed of the cereal grass.
14. Small cubes with 1 to 6 spots on the faces.
15. Located at or near the back of an animal.
16. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
17. Old World nocturnal canine mammal closely related to the dog.
21. A bottle with a stopper.
25. A pale rose-colored variety of the ruby spinel.
29. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
31. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
33. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
34. A state in the Rocky Mountains.
40. Common Indian weaverbird.
42. Jordan's port.
43. Before noon.
44. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
47. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity equal to 10 decibels.
48. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
49. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
50. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
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1. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
2. Type genus of the Amiidae.
3. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
4. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
5. A ribbed woven fabric of silk or rayon or cotton.
6. Belonging to or on behalf of a specified person (especially yourself).
7. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
8. (informal) Exceptionally good.
9. The eighth month of the civil year.
10. A three-tone Chadic language.
18. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
19. Jordan's port.
20. A hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red blood cells their characteristic color.
22. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
23. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
24. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
26. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
27. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
28. A white trivalent metallic element.
30. A long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur.
32. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
35. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
36. A tax on employees and employers that is used to fund the Social Security system.
37. A small cake leavened with yeast.
38. In bed.
39. With no effort to conceal.
41. Noisy talk.
43. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
44. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
45. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
46. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
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