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1. A member of a Mayan people of southwestern Guatemala.
4. One thousandth of a second.
8. A barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea.
11. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
12. Type genus of the Aceraceae.
13. A doctor's degree in education.
15. Full of zest or vigor.
16. A rapid escape (as by criminals).
17. A midnight meeting of witches to practice witchcraft and sorcery.
20. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
21. The second largest city in Tunisia.
22. The 19th letter of the Greek alphabet.
24. A garment that covers the head and face.
25. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
27. An independent group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic languages.
30. Especially one side of a leaf.
33. Powdery starch from certain sago palms.
36. Any disease of the throat or fauces marked by spasmodic attacks of intense suffocative pain.
38. Of or relating to or transmitted by a member of the family Muridae (rats and mice).
40. Being one more than thirteen.
41. A port city in northwestern Algeria and the country's 2nd largest city.
42. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
44. The United Nations agency concerned with international maritime activities.
45. An awkward stupid person.
46. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
47. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
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1. A member of a nomadic people of the northern Ural mountains.
2. A name that has been assumed temporarily.
3. Australian operatic soprano (1861-1931).
4. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
5. Singing jazz.
6. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
7. A loud utterance.
8. Rich and superior in quality.
9. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
10. Designer drug designed to have the effects of amphetamines (it floods the brain with serotonin) but to avoid the drug laws.
18. Informal or slang terms for mentally irregular.
19. An island in Indonesia south of Borneo.
23. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
26. United States baseball player and manager (1873-1934).
28. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
29. Roman statesman and philosopher who was and advisor to Nero (circa 4 BC - 65 AD).
31. (Jungian psychology) The inner self (not the external persona) that is in touch with the unconscious.
32. The taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth.
34. A sensation (as of a cold breeze or bright light) that precedes the onset of certain disorders such as a migraine attack or epileptic seizure.
35. Utter a high-pitched cry, characteristic of pigs.
36. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
37. A monocotyledonous genus of the family Iridaceae.
38. An informal term for a father.
39. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
43. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
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