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1. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
4. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
8. A light touch or stroke.
11. A doctor's degree in education.
12. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
13. The cry made by sheep.
14. A piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep.
15. Not only so, but.
17. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali metal group.
18. Before noon.
20. Submerged freshwater perennials.
22. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
25. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
26. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
29. Small genus of Eurasian aquatic perennial herbs.
31. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
32. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
35. A public promotion of some product or service.
39. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
43. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
44. Liquid excretory product.
45. A French abbot.
46. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
47. Imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy.
48. Common Indian weaverbird.
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1. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
2. Swelling from excessive accumulation of serous fluid in tissue.
3. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
4. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
5. Grass mowed and cured for use as fodder.
6. American novelist (1909-1955).
7. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
8. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
9. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
10. A small cake leavened with yeast.
16. A blind god.
19. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
21. Panel forming the lower part of an interior wall when it is finished differently from the rest.
23. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
24. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
27. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
28. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
30. A city in western Germany near the Dutch and Belgian borders.
33. A hat that is round and black and hard with a narrow brim.
34. (Greek mythology) A princess of Colchis who aided Jason in taking the Golden Fleece from her father.
36. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
37. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
38. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
39. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
40. An informal term for a father.
41. A doctor's degree in preventive medicine.
42. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
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