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1. An audiotape recording of sound.
4. A light touch or stroke.
7. Smallest merganser and most expert diver.
11. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
12. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
13. A city in Tuscany.
14. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
16. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
17. A state in northwestern North America.
18. Not according with the facts.
23. The cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one.
26. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
27. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
31. Of the appetites and passions of the body.
35. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
38. A long noosed rope used to catch animals.
39. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
42. A unit of electrical resistance equal to the resistance between two points on a conductor when a potential difference of one volt between them produces a current of one ampere.
43. (prefix) Bad or erroneous or lack of.
45. An adult male person (as opposed to a woman).
46. The residue that remains when something is burned.
47. The act of scanning.
48. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
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1. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
2. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
3. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
4. An informal term for a father.
5. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
6. A port city on the Caspian Sea that is the capital of Azerbaijan and an important center for oil production.
7. Petty quarrel.
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. English tennis player who won may women's singles titles (born in 1945).
15. A rounded thickly curled hairdo.
19. A state in New England.
20. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
21. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
22. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
24. A unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns.
25. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
28. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
29. An employee who mixes and serves alcoholic drinks at a bar.
30. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
32. The mother-in-law of Ruth whose story is told in the Book of Ruth in the Old Testament.
33. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
34. A genus of Lamnidae.
36. (Greek mythology) Goddess of discord.
37. A vigorous blow.
40. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
41. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
44. A bachelor's degree in science.
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