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1. An independent group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic languages.
5. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
8. The compass point that is one point south of due east.
11. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
12. Mythical bird of prey having enormous size and strength.
13. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
14. Extremely pleasing.
16. A master's degree in business.
17. Lower in esteem.
20. A public promotion of some product or service.
21. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
23. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
25. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
27. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
28. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
29. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
35. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
38. Squash bugs.
40. Being ten more than fifty.
41. Someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential).
42. An intensive care unit designed with special equipment to care for premature or low-birth-weight or seriously ill newborn.
44. A state in midwestern United States.
45. A ruler of the Inca Empire (or a member of his family).
46. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
48. (archaic or Scottish) Faithful and true.
49. The cry made by sheep.
50. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
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1. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
2. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
3. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
4. A state in northwestern North America.
5. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
6. A member of a Finnish people living in the northwestern Urals in Russia.
7. Fiddler crabs.
8. Any of various trees of the genus Ulmus.
9. A small cake leavened with yeast.
10. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
15. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
18. A toxic nonmetallic element related to sulfur and tellurium.
19. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
22. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
24. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
26. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
30. Marked by blithe unconcern.
31. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
32. A city of southeastern Mexico.
33. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
34. Fleshy spore-bearing inner mass of e.g. a puffball or stinkhorn.
35. Fiddler crabs.
36. Any plant of the genus Erica.
37. Having the wind against the forward side of the sails.
39. Denoting a quantity consisting of one more than eight and one less than ten.
40. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
43. A light touch or stroke.
44. Destruction of heart tissue resulting from obstruction of the blood supply to the heart muscle.
47. Being one hundred more than three hundred.
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