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1. A light touch or stroke.
4. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
8. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
11. How long something has existed.
12. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
13. An ancient Hebrew unit of capacity equal to 10 baths or 10 ephahs.
14. Lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing wholly or in part.
15. The part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands.
16. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
17. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
21. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
24. Kamarupan languages spoken in northeastern India and western Burma.
28. A member of the Siouan people formerly inhabiting the Black Hills of western South Dakota.
31. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
32. A member of an agricultural people of southern India.
38. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
39. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
43. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity equal to 10 decibels.
44. The right to take another's property if an obligation is not discharged.
45. Type genus of the family Myacidae.
46. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
47. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
48. An informal term for a father.
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1. An informal term for a father.
2. Advanced in years.
3. A small ball with a hole through the middle.
4. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
5. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
6. Small often spiny insectivorous mammal of Madagascar.
7. An associate degree in applied science.
8. A town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern Mediterranean.
9. United States physiologist (born in Germany) who did research on parthenogenesis (1859-1924).
10. (informal) Exceptionally good.
18. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
19. An informal conversation.
20. A genus of Platalea.
22. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
23. A metric unit of volume equal to one tenth of a liter.
25. A federation of North American labor unions that merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955.
26. Of or relating to the stomach and intestines.
27. An edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle.
29. A port city in southwestern Turkey on the Gulf of Antalya.
30. A public promotion of some product or service.
33. In bed.
34. (British) An open river valley (in a hilly area).
35. Offering fun and gaiety.
36. Common Indian weaverbird.
37. Of or relating to or characteristic of the Republic of Chad or its people or language.
40. An emotional response that has been acquired by conditioning.
41. Used of a single unit or thing.
42. A doctor's degree in dental medicine.
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