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1. God of the earth.
4. A cord fastened around the neck with an ornamental clasp and worn as a necktie.
8. A health resort near a spring or at the seaside.
11. A lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood.
12. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
13. 4-wheeled motor vehicle.
14. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
15. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
16. Electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field.
17. A small cake leavened with yeast.
19. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
21. (informal) Exceptionally good.
23. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
27. An authoritative direction or instruction to do something.
34. Type genus of the Tetraonidae.
37. King of Saudi Arabia since 1982 (born in 1922).
39. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
40. The cry made by sheep.
43. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
44. Perennial herb of East India to Polynesia and Australia cultivated for its large edible root yielding Otaheite arrowroot starch.
46. A loud harsh or strident noise.
47. The fatty flesh of eel.
48. In bed.
49. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
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1. Marked by lack of intellectual depth.
2. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
3. Divulge information or secrets.
4. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
5. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
6. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
7. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
8. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
9. A large area of land preserved in its natural state as public property.
10. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
18. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
20. A unit of area (4840 square yards) used in English-speaking countries.
22. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
24. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
25. Being one hundred more than three hundred.
26. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
28. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
29. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
30. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
31. Unknown god.
32. A seat for one person, with a support for the back.
33. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
35. A member of an Iroquoian people formerly living on the south shore of Lake Erie in northern Ohio and northwest Pennsylvania and western New York.
36. A bluish shade of green.
38. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
39. (Judaism) Sacred chest where the ancient Hebrews kept the two tablets containing the Ten Commandments.
41. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
42. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
45. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
46. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
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