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1. Of southern Europe.
4. In this sense `Gentile' denotes a Christian as contrasted with a Jew.
7. A speech defect that involves pronouncing s like voiceless th and z like voiced th.
11. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
12. (informal) Of the highest quality.
13. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
14. A member of the Siouan people living in the Yazoo river valley in Mississippi.
15. South African term for `boss'.
16. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
17. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
20. A member of an Iroquoian people formerly living on the south shore of Lake Erie in northern Ohio and northwest Pennsylvania and western New York.
22. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
23. Lower in esteem.
29. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
30. A member of the Nahuatl people who established an empire in Mexico that was overthrown by Cortes in 1519.
32. Take in solid food.
33. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
34. An associate degree in applied science.
39. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
42. Relating to or characteristic of a tribe.
45. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
46. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
47. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
50. Tear down so as to make flat with the ground.
51. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
52. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
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1. The clay from which adobe bricks are made.
2. The second month of the Moslem calendar.
3. An anxiety disorder characterized by extreme and irrational fear of simple things or social situations.
4. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
5. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
6. Not only so, but.
7. A long-playing phonograph record.
8. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
9. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
10. (obstetrics) The number of live-born children a woman has delivered.
18. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
19. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
21. Standard time in the 6th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 90th meridian.
24. The azimuth of a celestial body is the angle between the vertical plane containing it and the plane of the meridian.
25. Suggestive of the supernatural.
26. A heavy ductile magnetic metallic element.
27. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
28. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
31. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
35. An elaborate song for solo voice.
36. Sudden and unexpected death of an apparently healthy infant during sleep.
37. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
38. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
40. (in Gnosticism) A divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe.
41. A small cake leavened with yeast.
43. Any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species.
44. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
48. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
49. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
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