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1. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
4. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
8. The compass point that is one point south of due east.
11. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
12. Relatively small fast-moving sloth.
13. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
14. The corporate executive responsible for the operations of the firm.
15. A form of rummy using two decks and four jokers.
16. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
17. A public promotion of some product or service.
19. Hurt or upset.
21. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
22. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
23. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
25. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
28. A Muslim trained in the doctrine and law of Islam.
32. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
33. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
35. Being or moving higher in position or greater in some value.
38. Go on board.
42. Large genus of tropical subshrubs or herbs some of which yield fibers of mucilaginous substances.
45. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
46. A fraudulent business scheme.
47. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
49. Used of milk and milk products from which the cream has been removed.
50. Avatar of Vishnu.
51. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
52. The basic unit of money in Western Samoa.
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1. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
2. English monk and scholar (672-735).
3. An artificial language that is a revision and simplification of Esperanto.
4. Large American feline resembling a lion.
5. Used of a single unit or thing.
6. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
7. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
8. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
9. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
10. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
18. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
20. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
24. German organist and contrapuntist (1685-1750).
26. A hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red blood cells their characteristic color.
27. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
29. 30 to 300 kilohertz.
30. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
31. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
34. A form of Japanese poetry.
36. A linear unit (1/6 inch) used in printing.
37. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
38. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
39. Strong woody fibers obtained especially from the phloem of from various plants.
40. A barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports.
41. God of love and erotic desire.
43. A barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea.
44. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
48. A class of proteins produced in lymph tissue in vertebrates and that function as antibodies in the immune response.
49. A public promotion of some product or service.
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