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1. A small cake leavened with yeast.
5. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
8. The products of human creativity.
11. A republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
12. A humorous anecdote or remark.
13. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
14. A collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn.
15. The part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands.
16. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
17. Jordan's port.
20. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
21. Projectiles to be fired from a gun.
22. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
24. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
27. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
29. (sports) The chief official (as in boxing or American football) who is expected to ensure fair play.
30. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
32. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
35. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
39. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
42. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
43. (prefix) Bad or erroneous or lack of.
46. Considerate and solicitous care.
47. The residue that remains when something is burned.
48. Common Indian weaverbird.
49. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
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1. The capital and chief port of Qatar.
2. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
3. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
4. Jordan's port.
5. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
6. A stringed instrument of the guitar family that has long neck and circular body.
7. System of measurement based on centimeters and grams and seconds.
8. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
9. Measuring instrument in which the echo of a pulse of microwave radiation is used to detect and locate distant objects.
10. 100 thebe equal 1 pula.
18. Type genus of the Amiidae.
19. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
23. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
25. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
26. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
28. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
31. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
33. (Greek mythology) Goddess of discord.
34. A vigorous blow.
36. Informal or slang terms for mentally irregular.
37. Informal terms for money.
38. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
40. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
41. (used of animals especially a horse) Of a moderate reddish-brown color n 1.
44. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
45. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
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