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1. A vigorous blow.
5. An accountant certified by the state.
8. Any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes.
11. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
12. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
13. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
14. A large quantity of written matter.
15. A potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry.
16. A barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea.
17. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
20. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
22. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
23. (informal) Of the highest quality.
26. The bill in a restaurant.
27. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
29. In the Arabian Nights a hero who tells of the fantastic adventures he had in his voyages.
32. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
33. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
37. (Jungian psychology) The inner self (not the external persona) that is in touch with the unconscious.
41. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
43. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
44. Flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes.
45. A small cake leavened with yeast.
47. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
48. Late time of life.
49. By bad luck.
50. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
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1. Tough protective covering of the woody stems and roots of trees and other woody plants.
2. On or toward the lee.
3. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
4. (Old Testament) The minister of the Persian emperor who hated the Jews and was hanged for plotting to massacre them.
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. An informal term for a father.
9. Jordan's port.
10. Wood of a sumac.
18. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
19. United States writer (born in Lebanon) (1883-1931).
21. A genus of Ploceidae.
24. Being one more than one hundred.
25. Half the width of an em.
28. A public promotion of some product or service.
30. A radioactive transuranic element.
31. A genus of tropical American plants have sword-shaped leaves and a fleshy compound fruits composed of the fruits of several flowers (such as pineapples).
34. A Gaelic-speaking Celt in Ireland or Scotland or the Isle of Man.
35. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
36. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
37. A public promotion of some product or service.
38. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
39. A loose and crumbling earthy deposit consisting mainly of calcite or dolomite.
40. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
42. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
46. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
47. Extremely pleasing.
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