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1. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
4. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
8. A state-chartered savings bank owned by its depositors and managed by a board of trustees.
11. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
12. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
13. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
14. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
15. (anatomy) A somewhat rounded subdivision of a bodily organ or part.
17. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
20. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
22. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
24. A flexible container with a single opening.
26. (sports) The chief official (as in boxing or American football) who is expected to ensure fair play.
27. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
29. An independent group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic languages.
32. A public promotion of some product or service.
33. The Mongol people living the the central and eastern parts of Outer Mongolia.
37. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
41. By bad luck.
43. A master's degree in business.
44. How long something has existed.
46. An adult male person (as opposed to a woman).
47. The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on.
48. The Hebrew patriarch who saved himself and his family and the animals by building an ark in which they survived 40 days and 40 nights of rain.
49. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel.
2. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
3. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
4. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
5. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
6. (informal) Of the highest quality.
7. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
8. God of death.
9. Speaking a Slavic language.
10. Area around the altar of a church for the clergy and choir.
16. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
18. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
19. An associate degree in nursing.
21. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
23. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
25. Before noon.
28. South African term for `boss'.
30. Preliminary drawing for later elaboration.
31. An associate degree in applied science.
34. A subsidiary proposition that is assumed to be true in order to prove another proposition.
35. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
36. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
38. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
39. A complex red organic pigment containing iron and other atoms to which oxygen binds.
40. Type genus of the Ranidae.
42. A federation of North American industrial unions that merged with the American Federation of Labor in 1955.
45. A bluish-white lustrous metallic element.
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