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1. An Indian unit of length having different values in different localities.
4. The sixth month of the civil year.
8. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
11. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
12. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
13. Used of a single unit or thing.
14. Lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing wholly or in part.
15. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
16. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
17. Inquire about.
18. Lower in esteem.
20. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
22. An island of central Hawaii.
23. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
25. An uproarious party.
26. (Old Testament) The fourth son of Jacob who was forebear of one of the tribes of Israel.
28. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
30. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
31. Before noon.
32. Formerly a term of respect for important white Europeans in colonial India.
35. A small vessel for travel on water.
38. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
41. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
42. An antiviral drug used in the treatment of AIDS.
44. The cry made by sheep.
45. The basic unit of money in Bulgaria.
46. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
47. The sign language used in the United States.
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1. A family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southeastern Asia.
2. A port city of south central Ukraine on an arm of the Black Sea.
3. Building material used as siding or roofing.
4. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
5. A metrical unit with stressed-unstressed-unstressed syllables.
6. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
7. Humorously vulgar.
8. (Mesopotamia) God of agriculture and earth.
9. Squash bugs.
10. A populous province in northeastern China.
19. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
21. A port city in southwestern Turkey on the Gulf of Antalya.
24. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
27. Relating to or having the characteristics on an icon.
29. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
33. An edge tool used to cut and shape wood.
34. A television system that has more than the usual number of lines per frame so its pictures show more detail.
36. A river that rises in northeastern Turkey (near the source of the Euphrates) and flows generally eastward through Armenia to the Caspian Sea.
37. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
39. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
40. A health resort near a spring or at the seaside.
43. A person forced to flee from home or country.
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