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1. Any of various units of capacity.
4. A light touch or stroke.
7. A lump on the body caused by a blow.
11. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
12. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
13. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
14. The bill in a restaurant.
15. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
16. A Loloish language.
17. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
19. Bright with a steady but subdued shining.
21. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
22. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
28. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
30. A collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn.
31. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
32. Liquid containing proteins and electrolytes including the liquid in blood plasma and interstitial fluid.
33. Offering fun and gaiety.
40. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
43. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
44. A graphical record of electrical activity of the brain.
45. A law passed by US Congress to prevent employees from being injured or contracting diseases in the course of their employment.
46. Having leadership guidance.
47. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
48. By bad luck.
49. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
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1. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
2. (informal) Exceptionally good.
3. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
4. A licensed medical practitioner.
5. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
6. A small cake leavened with yeast.
7. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
8. Activity involved in maintaining something in good working order.
9. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
10. A small carriage in which a baby or child is pushed around.
18. A city of southeastern Mexico.
20. Stairway in India leading down to a landing on the water.
23. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
24. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
25. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
26. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
27. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
29. Valuable source of caviar and isinglass.
34. Widely cultivated in tropical and subtropical regions for its fragrant flowers and colorful fruits.
35. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
36. South African term for `boss'.
37. Surrealist Spanish painter (1904-1989).
38. In bed.
39. A quantity of no importance.
41. A state of southwestern India.
42. The sign language used in the United States.
43. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
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