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1. A French abbot.
5. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
8. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
11. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
12. Used of a single unit or thing.
13. A crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry.
14. An inactive volcano in Sicily.
15. A long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur.
16. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
17. A coenzyme derived from the B vitamin nicotinic acid.
19. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
21. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
22. A widely distributed system of free and fixed macrophages derived from bone marrow.
24. A small cake leavened with yeast.
26. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
28. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
30. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
33. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
35. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
39. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
43. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
44. A light touch or stroke.
47. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
48. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
50. (Scotland) A small loaf or roll of soft bread.
52. A widely distributed system consisting of all the cells able to ingest bacteria or colloidal particles etc, except for certain white blood cells.
53. Lie adjacent to another.
54. System of measurement based on centimeters and grams and seconds.
55. Take in solid food.
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1. A primeval personification of air and breath.
2. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
3. An unofficial association of people or groups.
4. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
5. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
6. Small buffalo of the Celebes having small straight horns.
7. Dearly loved.
8. How long something has existed.
9. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
10. A region of complete shadow resulting from total obstruction of light.
18. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
20. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
23. A health resort near a spring or at the seaside.
25. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
27. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
29. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
31. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
32. The cry made by sheep.
34. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
36. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
37. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
38. A public promotion of some product or service.
40. Not widely known.
41. Evergreen trees and shrubs having oily one-seeded fruits.
42. American political cartoonist (1840-1902).
45. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
46. A flexible container with a single opening.
47. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
49. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
51. A note appended to a letter after the signature.
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