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1. Any of various units of capacity.
4. An ancient Egyptian city on the west bank of the Nile opposite Cairo.
8. A rapid bustling commotion.
11. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
12. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
13. Psychoactive substance present in marijuana.
14. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
15. Informal terms for a mother.
16. Headdress that protects the head from bad weather.
17. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
20. An island in Indonesia south of Borneo.
21. The part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands.
23. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
24. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
25. Highly excited.
26. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
29. A small fragment.
33. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
34. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
36. Acute ulceration of the mucous membranes of the mouth or genitals.
39. To make a mistake or be incorrect.
41. (usually followed by `of') Released from something onerous (especially an obligation or duty).
42. Being one more than six.
43. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
45. The compass point midway between east and southeast.
46. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
47. No longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life.
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1. A small cake leavened with yeast.
2. (informal) Exceptionally good.
3. A boy or man.
4. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
5. A heavy brittle metallic element of the platinum group.
6. Large ornamental tropical American tree with bipinnate leaves and globose clusters of flowers with crimson stamens and sweet-pulp seed pods eaten by cattle.
7. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
8. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
9. An Indian tree of the family Combretaceae that is a source of timber and gum.
10. The cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one.
18. The basic unit of money in Spain.
19. The cry made by sheep.
22. Hosiery consisting of a cloth covering for the foot.
27. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
28. Traveling on horseback.
30. Any of the openings to the nasal cavities that allow air to flow through the cavities to the pharynx.
31. The lofty nest of a bird of prey (such as a hawk or eagle).
32. A member of a seafaring group of North American Indians who lived on the Pacific coast of British Columbia and southwestern Alaska.
35. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
36. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
37. Any of various minerals consisting of hydrous silicates of aluminum or potassium etc. that crystallize in forms that allow perfect cleavage into very thin leaves.
38. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
40. An authoritative direction or instruction to do something.
44. A public promotion of some product or service.
45. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
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