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1. God of the earth.
4. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
7. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
11. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
12. Informal terms for the mouth.
13. (obstetrics) The number of live-born children a woman has delivered.
14. An authoritative direction or instruction to do something.
15. A mature blood cell that contains hemoglobin to carry oxygen to the bodily tissues.
16. Distant in either space or time.
17. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
20. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
22. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
23. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
26. Sexually transmitted urethritis (usually caused by chlamydia).
27. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
33. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
38. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
40. Italian operatic composer (1813-1901).
41. Perennial herb of East India to Polynesia and Australia cultivated for its large edible root yielding Otaheite arrowroot starch.
44. Fermented alcoholic beverage brewed from malt and hops.
45. Of a light yellowish-brown color n 1.
46. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
47. A small cake leavened with yeast.
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1. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
2. Any plant of the genus Erica.
3. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
4. Long-bodied long-tailed tropical American wildcat.
5. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
6. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
7. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
8. A state in the United States in the central Pacific on the Hawaiian Islands.
9. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
10. Common Indian weaverbird.
18. A flexible container with a single opening.
19. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
21. The 19th letter of the Greek alphabet.
24. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
25. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
28. The cry made by sheep.
29. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
30. Small genus of hairy herbs with yellow flowers.
31. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
32. Long-tailed arboreal mustelid of Central and South America.
34. An elaborate song for solo voice.
35. Close-fitting pants of heavy denim for casual wear (usually in the plural).
36. A unit of potential equal to one thousandth of a volt.
37. English writer and a central member of the Fabian Society (1858-1943).
39. A sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow).
42. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
43. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
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