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1. Tree bearing large brown nuts containing e.g. caffeine.
5. The molecular weight of a substance expressed in grams.
8. The cry made by sheep.
11. Very dark black.
12. (informal) Of the highest quality.
13. (Judaism) Sacred chest where the ancient Hebrews kept the two tablets containing the Ten Commandments.
14. (informal) Very tired.
15. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
16. Noisy talk.
17. An associate degree in applied science.
20. God of wealth and love.
22. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
24. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
25. To a severe or serious degree.
26. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
29. A small ball with a hole through the middle.
33. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
36. A city in western Germany near the Dutch and Belgian borders.
38. (informal) Exceptionally good.
40. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
41. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
43. An alliance made up of states that had been Soviet Socialist Republics in the Soviet Union prior to its dissolution in Dec 1991.
44. The compass point that is one point north of due east.
45. (Scotland) A slope or hillside.
46. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
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1. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
2. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
3. Any of various perennial South American plants of the genus Loasa having stinging hairs and showy white or yellow or reddish-orange flowers.
4. (prefix) Opposite or opposing or neutralizing.
5. (New Testament) The sages who visited Jesus and Mary and Joseph shortly after Jesus was born.
6. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
7. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
8. French soldier said to be fearless and chivalrous (1473-1524).
9. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
10. A town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern Mediterranean.
18. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
19. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
21. Talks a great deal about uninteresting topics.
23. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
27. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
28. A port city in southwestern Turkey on the Gulf of Antalya.
30. Small crude shelter used as a dwelling.
31. Suggestive of the supernatural.
32. Squash bugs.
34. Taken or to be taken at random.
35. German chemist who was co-discoverer with Lise Meitner of nuclear fission (1879-1968).
37. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
39. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
40. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
42. A hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red blood cells their characteristic color.
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