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1. The cry made by sheep.
4. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
8. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
11. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring in the air.
12. The last imperial dynasty of China (from 1644 to 1912) which was overthrown by revolutionaries.
13. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
14. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
15. American novelist (1909-1955).
16. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
17. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
20. A public promotion of some product or service.
21. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
24. Before noon.
26. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
27. (Greek mythology) The goddess of youth and spring.
29. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
30. A light touch or stroke.
32. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
35. A legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body.
39. An imaginary elephant that appears in a series of French books for children.
42. Fast-growing herbaceous evergreen tree of South America having a broad trunk with high water content and dark green oval leaves.
45. A federation of North American labor unions that merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955.
46. A distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant.
47. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
48. Fish eggs or egg-filled ovary.
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1. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
2. Open to or abounding in fresh air.
3. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
4. Jordan's port.
5. Gear (including necessary machinery) for a particular enterprise.
6. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
7. How long something has existed.
8. A small cake leavened with yeast.
9. Jordan's port.
10. Wheat with hard dark-colored kernels high in gluten and used for bread and pasta.
18. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
19. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
22. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
23. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
25. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
28. Counting the number of white and red blood cells and the number of platelets in 1 cubic millimeter of blood.
31. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
33. Willing to face danger.
34. A French abbot.
36. (old-fashioned) At or from or to a great distance.
37. Inventory accounting in which the most recently acquired items are assumed to be the first sold.
38. A shaft on which a wheel rotates.
40. Black-and-white short-necked web-footed diving bird of northern seas.
41. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
43. A heavy silvery toxic univalent and bivalent metallic element.
44. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
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