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1. Having or denoting a low vocal or instrumental range.
5. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
8. Standard time in the 6th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 90th meridian.
11. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
12. An informal term for a father.
13. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
14. The imperial dynasty ruling China from about the 18th to the 12th centuries BC.
17. A midnight meeting of witches to practice witchcraft and sorcery.
20. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
21. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
22. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
28. A decree that prohibits something.
30. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
31. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
32. A state in northwestern North America.
33. One million periods per second.
35. A fluorocarbon with chlorine.
40. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
43. Primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needle-like teeth.
46. The month following January and preceding March.
47. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
48. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
49. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
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1. A caress with the lips.
2. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
3. Block consisting of a thick piece of something.
4. In the Arabian Nights a hero who tells of the fantastic adventures he had in his voyages.
5. A public promotion of some product or service.
6. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
7. Being one hundred more than three hundred.
8. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
9. Speaking a Slavic language.
10. A village in eastern Ireland (northwest of Dublin).
15. An anxiety disorder characterized by chronic free-floating anxiety and such symptoms as tension or sweating or trembling of light-headedness or irritability etc that has lasted for more than six months.
16. A member of a widespread group of Amerindians living in northeastern South America.
18. A brittle silver-white metalloid element that is related to selenium and sulfur.
19. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
23. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
24. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
25. A metric unit of length equal to 100 meters.
26. A state in midwestern United States.
27. Being nine more than ninety.
29. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
34. Of or relating to or characteristic of the Republic of Chad or its people or language.
35. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
36. A tax on employees and employers that is used to fund the Social Security system.
37. (British slang) Cafe.
38. In bed.
39. A small cake leavened with yeast.
41. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
42. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
44. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
45. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
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