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1. How long something has existed.
4. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
8. (usually followed by `to' or `for') On the point of or strongly disposed.
11. A diagrammatic representation of the earth's surface (or part of it).
12. A shade of blue tinged with green.
13. The United Nations agency concerned with the interests of labor.
14. By bad luck.
16. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
17. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
18. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
19. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
24. Jordan's port.
26. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
27. An anxiety disorder characterized by chronic free-floating anxiety and such symptoms as tension or sweating or trembling of light-headedness or irritability etc that has lasted for more than six months.
34. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
38. A member of the extinct Algonquian people formerly living in northern Indiana and southern Michigan.
41. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
42. Automatic data processing by electronic means without the use of tabulating cards or punched tapes.
43. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
46. (used informally) Very small.
47. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
48. The cry made by sheep.
49. A public promotion of some product or service.
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1. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
2. Offering fun and gaiety.
3. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
4. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
5. Jordan's port.
6. A plug used to close a hole in a barrel or flask.
7. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
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.
15. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
20. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
21. A city in northern India.
22. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
23. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
25. Unknown god.
28. A state in New England.
29. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
30. A woolen cap of Scottish origin.
31. A member of a seafaring group of North American Indians who lived on the Pacific coast of British Columbia and southwestern Alaska.
32. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
33. Indigo bush.
35. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
36. The back side of the neck.
37. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
39. The law enforcement agency in the Justice Department.
40. An informal term for a father.
44. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
45. A soft gray ductile metallic element used in alloys.
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