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1. A member of a Mayan people of southwestern Guatemala.
4. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
8. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
11. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
12. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
13. An audiotape recording of sound.
14. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
15. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
16. An island in Indonesia south of Borneo.
17. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
20. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
24. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
25. North American rat snakes.
26. Of or like a cecum.
29. Tibeto-Burman languages spoken in northernmost Burma and adjacent China and India.
35. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
36. An overland journey by hunters (especially in Africa).
38. A plan for attaining a particular goal.
41. A small piece of cloth.
42. United States tennis player who was the first Black to win United States and English singles championships (1943-1993).
43. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
45. A sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain.
46. Tall woody perennial grasses with hollow slender stems especially of the genera Arundo and Phragmites.
47. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
48. Imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy.
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1. The arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek.
2. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
3. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
4. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
5. Spiritual leader of a Jewish congregation.
6. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
7. Unknown god.
8. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
9. (Polynesian) An alcoholic drink made from the aromatic roots of the kava shrub.
10. A state in the western United States.
18. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
19. Offering fun and gaiety.
21. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
22. The last (12th) month of the year.
23. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
27. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
28. Half the width of an em.
30. Lower in esteem.
31. A hidden storage space (for money or provisions or weapons).
32. Cause to wither or parch from exposure to heat.
33. An anti-TNF compound (trade name Arava) that is given orally.
34. Goods (or wreckage) on the sea bed that is attached to a buoy so that it can be recovered.
37. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
39. (Brit) A tough youth of 1950's and 1960's wearing Edwardian style clothes.
40. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
44. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
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