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1. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
5. A state in northwestern North America.
7. Common Indian weaverbird.
11. Evergreen trees and shrubs having oily one-seeded fruits.
12. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
13. In bed.
14. A pause during which things are calm or activities are diminished.
15. A metallic element of the rare earth group.
16. The basic unit of money in Western Samoa.
17. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
18. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
20. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
22. A unit of luminous flux equal to the amount of light given out through a solid angle of 1 steradian by a point source of 1 candela intensity radiating uniformly in all directions.
23. Jordan's port.
25. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
27. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
28. Lower in esteem.
32. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
33. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
34. A Bantu language spoken by the Kamba people in Kenya.
36. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
44. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
47. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
48. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
49. A Loloish language.
50. A light touch or stroke.
51. The residue that remains when something is burned.
52. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
53. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
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1. Type genus of the Soleidae.
2. The trait of showing courage and determination in spite of possible loss or injury.
3. The fatty flesh of eel.
4. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
5. A legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body.
6. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
7. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
8. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
9. A loud utterance.
10. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
19. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
21. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
24. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
26. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
29. A small cake leavened with yeast.
30. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
31. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
35. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
37. Type genus of the Anatidae.
38. German organist and contrapuntist (1685-1750).
39. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
40. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
41. An informal term for a father.
42. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
43. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
45. Tastelessness by virtue of being cheap and vulgar.
46. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
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