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1. Inquire about.
4. An independent group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic languages.
8. A group of African language in the Niger-Congo group spoken from the Ivory Coast east to Nigeria.
11. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
12. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
13. The fatty flesh of eel.
14. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
15. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
16. The act of slowing down or falling behind.
17. Squash bugs.
20. Remote city of Kazakhstan that (ostensibly for security reasons) was made the capital in 1998.
22. (used of count nouns) Every one considered individually.
23. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
24. An imaginary elephant that appears in a series of French books for children.
27. A doctor's degree in dental medicine.
28. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
29. Modulation of the frequency of the (radio) carrier wave.
30. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
31. An associate degree in applied science.
33. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
39. A flexible container with a single opening.
44. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
45. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
46. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
47. An informal term for a father.
48. A light touch or stroke.
49. Showing characteristics of age, especially having gray or white hair.
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1. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
2. The act of scanning.
3. God of love and erotic desire.
4. Informal terms for a mother.
5. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
6. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
7. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
8. Raised pinkish scar tissue at the site of an injury.
9. (Brit) An area of open or forested country.
10. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
18. A cylindrical drawstring bag used by sailors to hold their clothing and other gear.
19. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
21. Arboreal snake of central and southern Africa whose bite is often fatal.
25. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
26. The cry made by sheep.
32. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
34. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
35. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
36. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
37. A small cake leavened with yeast.
38. Massive plantigrade carnivorous or omnivorous mammals with long shaggy coats and strong claws.
40. An anxiety disorder characterized by chronic free-floating anxiety and such symptoms as tension or sweating or trembling of light-headedness or irritability etc that has lasted for more than six months.
41. Failing to detonate.
42. Enlarged prostate.
43. Of or relating to a member of the Buddhist people inhabiting the Mekong river in Laos and Thailand.
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