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1. An informal term for a father.
5. An accountant certified by the state.
8. A three-year law degree.
11. An elaborate song for solo voice.
12. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
13. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
14. The basic unit of money in Ethiopia.
15. A potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry.
16. (computer science) A computer that is running software that allows users to leave messages and access information of general interest.
17. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
20. Strike with disgust or revulsion.
22. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
25. Any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species.
26. Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods.
28. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
30. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
31. A small cake leavened with yeast.
35. The capital and largest city of Mongolia.
38. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
42. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
43. A bachelor's degree in theology.
44. (Polynesian) An alcoholic drink made from the aromatic roots of the kava shrub.
45. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
46. Grass mowed and cured for use as fodder.
47. Taken or to be taken at random.
48. Tag the base runner to get him out.
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1. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
2. Lacking sufficient water or rainfall.
3. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
4. An association of people to promote the welfare of senior citizens.
5. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
6. Manufactured in standard sizes to be shipped and assembled elsewhere.
7. An associate degree in applied science.
8. A small faint zodiacal constellation in the southern hemisphere.
9. A brief description given for purposes of identification.
10. (botany) Especially of leaves.
18. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
19. A short synopsis.
21. Small beads made from polished shells and formerly used as money by native Americans.
23. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
24. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
27. (Sumerian) Goddess personifying earth.
29. A native of ancient Troy.
32. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
33. Being or befitting or characteristic of an infant.
34. An island in Indonesia south of Borneo.
35. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
36. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
37. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
39. 10 grams.
40. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
41. A light touch or stroke.
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