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1. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
4. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
7. South African term for `boss'.
11. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
12. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
13. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
14. Used of a single unit or thing.
15. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
16. An artificial source of visible illumination.
17. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
19. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
21. The branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication.
22. Viscera and trimmings of a butchered animal often considered inedible by humans.
23. Very dark black.
25. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
27. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
30. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
31. The habitation of wild animals.
32. The cry made by sheep.
33. (informal) Of the highest quality.
35. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
43. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
46. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
47. Extremely pleasing.
48. A Loloish language.
49. A form of address for a married woman.
50. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
51. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
52. Take in solid food.
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1. (Philippine) A dish of marinated vegetables and meat or fish.
2. Valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation.
3. (Hawaiian) A small guitar having four strings.
4. A medium for oil-paints.
5. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
6. A telegram sent abroad.
7. The basic unit of money in Panama.
8. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
9. The highest level or degree attainable.
10. A rare chronic progressive encephalitis caused by the measles virus and occurring primarily in children and young adults.
18. Conqueror of Gaul and master of Italy (100-44 BC).
20. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
24. Tag the base runner to get him out.
26. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
28. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
29. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
34. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
36. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
37. A French abbot.
38. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
39. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
40. Informal terms for a (young) woman.
41. A city in northern India.
42. American political cartoonist (1840-1902).
44. Tastelessness by virtue of being cheap and vulgar.
45. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
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