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1. A light touch or stroke.
4. A small cake leavened with yeast.
8. The executive agency that advises the President on the federal budget.
11. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
12. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
13. A close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities.
14. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
16. Lower in esteem.
18. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
19. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
21. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
25. By bad luck.
30. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
31. The cry made by sheep.
32. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
35. (of persons) Highest in rank or authority or office.
38. A large metal or pottery vessel with a handle and spout.
43. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
45. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
46. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
47. A state in southeastern United States.
49. A notable achievement.
50. An informal term for a father.
51. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
52. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
53. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
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1. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
2. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
3. Nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate.
4. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
5. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
6. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
7. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
8. Large elliptical brightly colored deep-sea fish of Atlantic and Pacific and Mediterranean.
9. An independent group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic languages.
10. (pathology) An elevation of the skin filled with serous fluid.
15. Type genus of the Anatidae.
17. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
20. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
22. A boy or man.
23. One of the most common of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
24. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
26. 16 ounces.
27. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
28. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
29. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
33. Botswanan statesman who was the first president of Botswana (1921-1980).
34. A genus of Ploceidae.
36. Avatar of Vishnu.
37. Wearing or provided with clothing.
39. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
40. A Gaelic-speaking Celt in Ireland or Scotland or the Isle of Man.
41. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
42. A quantity of no importance.
44. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
48. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
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