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1. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
4. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
7. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
11. A prominent rock or pile of rocks on a hill.
12. To make a mistake or be incorrect.
13. (Greek mythology) Greek god of war.
14. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
15. A rapid escape (as by criminals).
16. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
17. By bad luck.
19. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
21. An adult male person (as opposed to a woman).
22. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
23. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
25. Lacking in light.
27. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
29. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
30. In societies practicing shamanism.
32. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
34. A toxic nonmetallic element related to sulfur and tellurium.
35. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
36. A polyvalent metallic element that resembles chromium and tungsten in its properties.
40. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
43. The capital of Western Samoa.
45. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
47. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
48. Lacking excess flesh.
49. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
50. (Babylonian) The sky god.
51. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
52. The act of slowing down or falling behind.
53. A coenzyme derived from the B vitamin nicotinic acid.
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1. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
2. Sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with gray furry ears and coat.
3. The capital and largest city of Mongolia.
4. A colloid in a more solid form than a sol.
5. Decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers.
6. A large fleet.
7. A slight amount or degree of difference.
8. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
9. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
10. (Hindu) A manner of sitting (as in the practice of Yoga).
18. A fraudulent business scheme.
20. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
24. Lower in esteem.
26. A dark region of considerable extent on the surface of the moon.
28. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
31. (Akkadian) God ruling with his consort Ereshkigal the world of the dead.
33. A native of ancient Troy.
37. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
38. The (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb.
39. A small cake leavened with yeast.
41. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
42. (computer science) A data transmission rate (bits/second) for modems.
44. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
46. A flexible container with a single opening.
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