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1. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
4. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
8. The second larges of the four main islands of Japan.
11. Of or relating to a member of the Buddhist people inhabiting the Mekong river in Laos and Thailand.
12. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
13. (computer science) Memory whose contents can be accessed and read but cannot be changed.
14. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
15. A deep prolonged loud noise.
16. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
17. By bad luck.
19. A unit of magnetic flux equal to 100,000,000 maxwells.
21. A heavy silvery toxic univalent and bivalent metallic element.
23. Remote city of Kazakhstan that (ostensibly for security reasons) was made the capital in 1998.
25. An Eskimo hut.
26. The cry made by sheep.
29. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
32. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
34. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
35. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
36. A belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school.
39. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
42. The 26th letter of the Roman alphabet.
43. Large northern deer with enormous flattened antlers in the male.
44. Using speech rather than writing.
45. Either extremity of something that has length.
46. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
47. A small cake leavened with yeast.
48. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
2. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
3. The closing section of a musical composition.
4. A light touch or stroke.
5. Beside one another in a row or rank.
6. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
7. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
8. (Greek mythology) The Muse of lyric and love poetry.
9. Relating to or of the nature of a zone.
10. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
18. An ancient musical horn made from the horn of a ram.
20. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
22. Functioning correctly and ready for action.
24. A family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southeastern Asia.
27. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
28. Minute blackish gregarious flies destructive to mushrooms and seedlings.
30. Greek anatomist whose theories formed the basis of European medicine until the Renaissance (circa 130-200).
31. Treated with contempt.
33. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
34. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
37. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
38. The arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek.
40. Flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes.
41. A numbered compartment in a post office where mail is put to be called for.
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