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1. Type genus of the Anatidae.
5. 10 grams.
8. Standard time in the 6th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 90th meridian.
11. Any of the short curved hairs that grow from the edges of the eyelids.
12. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
13. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
14. French cabaret singer (1915-1963).
15. The cry made by sheep.
16. (Scotland) A small loaf or roll of soft bread.
17. Imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy.
20. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
22. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
24. A domain in which something is dominant.
25. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
29. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
30. Extremely pleasing.
33. Pompous or pretentious talk or writing.
35. Provide with clothes or put clothes on.
36. An informal term for a father.
37. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
41. The United Nations agency concerned with international maritime activities.
42. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
43. A large indefinite number.
44. Lacking in rigor or strictness.
45. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
46. The content of cognition.
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1. First in order of importance.
2. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
3. (Hindu) A manner of sitting (as in the practice of Yoga).
4. 3 to 30 gigahertz.
5. A light touch or stroke.
6. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
7. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
8. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
9. Block consisting of a thick piece of something.
10. Thin fibrous bark of the paper mulberry and Pipturus albidus.
18. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
19. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
21. (Judaism) A Jewish festival (traditionally 8 days) celebrating the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt.
23. (Judaism) Sacred chest where the ancient Hebrews kept the two tablets containing the Ten Commandments.
26. (trademark) An antacid.
27. Valuable timber tree of New Zealand yielding hard reddish wood used for furniture and bridges and wharves.
28. A kind of heavy jacket (`windcheater' is a British term).
31. With rapid movements.
32. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
34. Capital and largest city and economic center of Peru.
38. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
39. (computer science) A measure of how densely information is packed on a storage medium.
40. A boy or man.
41. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
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