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1. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
4. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
7. Smallest merganser and most expert diver.
11. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
12. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
13. Not final or absolute.
14. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
15. The cry made by sheep.
16. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
17. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
20. A village of huts for native Africans in southern Africa.
23. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
24. Rapid and indistinct speech.
26. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
28. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
30. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
34. Green algae common in freshwater lakes of limestone districts.
38. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
39. Characteristic of false pride.
42. (informal) Roused to anger.
43. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
44. English prelate noted for his pessimistic sermons and articles (1860-1954).
45. The sign language used in the United States.
46. God of the earth.
47. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
48. (meaning literally `born') Used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman.
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1. Having the wind against the forward side of the sails.
2. An imaginary elephant that appears in a series of French books for children.
3. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
4. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
5. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
6. A master's degree in business.
7. The act of catching an object with the hands.
8. The vein in the center of a leaf.
9. (Old Testament) The eldest son of Isaac who would have inherited the Covenant that God made with Abraham and that Abraham passed on to Isaac.
10. Having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other.
18. Conqueror of Gaul and master of Italy (100-44 BC).
19. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
21. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
22. Rare (usually fatal) brain disease (usually in middle age) caused by an unidentified slow virus.
25. A small cake leavened with yeast.
27. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
29. Type genus of the Gavidae.
30. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
31. The capital and largest city of Jordan.
32. Lower in esteem.
33. A spoon-shaped vessel with a long handle.
35. Swift timid long-eared mammal larger than a rabbit having a divided upper lip and long hind legs.
36. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
37. Hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella.
38. A period of time spent sleeping.
40. Black tropical American cuckoo.
41. One of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
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