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1. A small piece of cloth.
4. An informal term for a father.
7. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
11. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
12. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
13. An unforeseen obstacle.
14. The first month of the year.
15. Any small compartment.
16. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
17. To or from every one of two or more (considered individually).
20. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
21. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
25. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
28. Any of a group of Indic languages spoken in Kashmir and eastern Afghanistan and northern Pakistan.
29. (Scotland) A small loaf or roll of soft bread.
31. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
32. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
35. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
39. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
40. A resource.
43. The act of slowing down or falling behind.
44. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
46. United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters.
47. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
48. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
49. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
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1. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
2. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
3. Of or relating to or produced by or being a gene.
4. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
5. American novelist (1909-1955).
6. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
7. An honorary degree in science.
8. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
9. A pale rose-colored variety of the ruby spinel.
10. An impure form of quartz consisting of banded chalcedony.
18. Liquid containing proteins and electrolytes including the liquid in blood plasma and interstitial fluid.
19. A large Yoruba city in southwestern Nigeria.
22. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
23. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
24. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
26. On a ship, train, plane or other vehicle.
27. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
30. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
33. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
34. South African term for `boss'.
35. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
36. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
37. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
38. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
41. A federal agency that supervises carriers that transport goods and people between states.
42. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
45. An informal term for a father.
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