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1. An orange-brown antelope of southeast Africa.
4. A spar rising aft from a mast to support the head of a quadrilateral fore-and-aft sail.
8. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
11. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
12. (trademark) A type of inflatable air mattress.
13. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
14. An emblem (a small piece of plastic or cloth or metal) that signifies your status (rank or membership or affiliation etc.).
15. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
17. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
18. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
19. Top part of an apron.
20. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
22. God of wealth and love.
26. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
28. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
30. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
34. A power unit equal to the power dissipated when 1 abampere flows across a potential difference of 1 abvolt (one ten-thousandth of a milliwatt).
39. (informal) Exceptionally good.
41. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
44. The airforce of Great Britain.
45. An insecticide that is also toxic to animals and humans.
46. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
47. 30 to 300 gigahertz.
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1. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
2. Any of various herbaceous plants of the genus Atriplex that thrive in deserts and salt marshes.
3. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
4. Fleshy spore-bearing inner mass of e.g. a puffball or stinkhorn.
5. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
6. Loose or flaccid body fat.
7. A vest pocket to hold a pocket watch.
8. A public promotion of some product or service.
9. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
10. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
16. The fourth month of the Hindu calendar.
21. Airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc..
23. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
24. Talks a great deal about uninteresting topics.
25. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
27. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
29. Reduce the edge or violence of.
31. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
32. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
33. Material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds.
35. A small nail.
36. Any small rounded protuberance (as on certain plants or animals).
37. A state in northwestern North America.
38. Female equine animal.
39. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
40. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
42. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
43. A state in midwestern United States.
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