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1. Using speech rather than writing.
5. A decree that prohibits something.
8. Someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential).
11. British writer of short stories (1870-1916).
12. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
13. Primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needle-like teeth.
14. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
15. A user interface based on graphics (icons and pictures and menus) instead of text.
16. A type of submachine gun that is designed and manufactured in Israel.
17. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
18. Affect with wonder.
20. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
24. A Hindu prince or king in India.
28. A long noosed rope used to catch animals.
30. A way of access consisting of a set of steps.
31. A shaped mass of baked bread.
32. A fraudulent business scheme.
39. The 19th letter of the Greek alphabet.
42. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
43. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
44. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
45. A republic in central Europe.
46. An affirmative.
47. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
48. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
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1. Port city on southern Honshu on Osaka Bay.
2. Nocturnal badger-like carnivore of wooded regions of Africa and southern Asia.
3. Jordan's port.
4. The basic unit of money on Malta.
5. A flexible container with a single opening.
6. (Babylonian) The sky god.
7. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
8. Largest known toad species.
9. Harass with persistent criticism or carping.
10. Soft creamy white cheese.
19. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
21. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
22. (physics and chemistry) The smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element.
23. The cry made by sheep.
25. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
26. A son who has the same first name as his father.
27. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
29. Type genus of the Alaudidae.
33. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
34. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
35. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
36. Informal or slang terms for mentally irregular.
37. A city in northern India.
38. Medium-sized tree having glossy lanceolate leaves.
40. Feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and being unable to roar.
41. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
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