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1. An orange-brown antelope of southeast Africa.
4. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
8. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
11. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
12. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
13. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
14. An emblem (a small piece of plastic or cloth or metal) that signifies your status (rank or membership or affiliation etc.).
15. A member of an agricultural people in southeastern India.
17. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
18. A state in southeastern United States.
19. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
20. God of wealth and love.
25. A member of an agricultural people of southern India.
29. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
30. A light touch or stroke.
31. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
32. A piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep.
34. African tree with edible yellow fruit resembling mangos.
37. Cause to feel resentment or indignation.
41. A large building at an airport where aircraft can be stored and maintained.
44. An Indian nursemaid who looks after children.
45. Gone by.
46. East Indian cereal grass whose seed yield a somewhat bitter flour, a staple in the Orient.
49. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
50. An easy return of a tennis ball in a high arc.
51. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
52. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
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1. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
2. Any of various herbaceous plants of the genus Atriplex that thrive in deserts and salt marshes.
3. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
4. An unnaturally frenzied or distraught woman.
5. A state in northwestern North America.
6. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
7. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
8. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
9. A small cake leavened with yeast.
10. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
16. Small cubes with 1 to 6 spots on the faces.
21. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
22. Talks a great deal about uninteresting topics.
23. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
24. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
26. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
27. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
28. A person who announces and plays popular recorded music.
33. A master's degree in fine arts.
35. The villain in William Shakespeare's tragedy who tricked Othello into murdering his wife.
36. A rounded projection or protuberance.
38. Having an eye or eyes or eyelike feature especially as specified.
39. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
40. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
42. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
43. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
47. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
48. A state in the Rocky Mountains.
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