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1. Top part of an apron.
4. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
7. An informal term for a father.
11. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
12. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
13. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
14. An emotional response that has been acquired by conditioning.
15. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
16. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
17. Battle in 401 BC when the Persian King Artaxerxes II defeated his younger brother who tried to usurp the throne.
20. The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on.
21. A primeval personification of air and breath.
22. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
24. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
26. Flat crusty-bottomed onion roll.
30. A crown-like jewelled headdress worn by women on formal occasions.
33. A light touch or stroke.
34. A state in midwestern United States.
35. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
37. The cry made by sheep.
41. The month following July and preceding September.
45. The use of nuclear magnetic resonance of protons to produce proton density images.
46. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
47. Type genus of the family Myacidae.
48. A cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt.
49. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
50. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
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1. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
2. The part of the small intestine between the jejunum and the cecum.
3. The capital of Switzerland.
4. Genus of Eurasian spiny shrubs.
5. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
6. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
7. 10 grams.
8. The sixth month of the civil year.
9. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
10. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
18. A kind of heavy jacket (`windcheater' is a British term).
19. A small cake leavened with yeast.
23. The inner and thicker of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle.
25. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
27. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
28. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
29. A soft silvery metallic element.
31. (of tempo) Leisurely n.
32. Ctenophore having tentacles only in the immature stage.
36. The basic monetary unit of most members of the European Union (introduced in 1999).
37. Bulky grayish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail.
38. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
39. Common Indian weaverbird.
40. (old-fashioned) At or from or to a great distance.
42. (computer science) A computer that is running software that allows users to leave messages and access information of general interest.
43. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
44. The executive agency that advises the President on the federal budget.
45. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
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