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1. (slang) A gangster's pistol.
4. A humorous anecdote or remark.
7. The arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek.
11. Fiddler crabs.
12. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
13. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
14. The smallest multiple that is exactly divisible by every member of a set of numbers.
15. The cry made by sheep.
16. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
17. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
20. A member of an agricultural people in southeastern India.
22. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
23. (folklore) A corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living.
27. Relieve from military service.
31. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
32. The residue that remains when something is burned.
33. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
34. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
36. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
40. (Judaism) Sacred chest where the ancient Hebrews kept the two tablets containing the Ten Commandments.
41. An informal term for a father.
44. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
46. The sound made by a pigeon v 1.
47. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
48. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
49. A group of African language in the Niger-Congo group spoken from the Ivory Coast east to Nigeria.
50. Tag the base runner to get him out.
51. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
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1. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
2. The capital and largest city of Ghana with a deep-water port.
3. Brought from wildness into a domesticated state.
4. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
5. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
6. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
7. 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.
8. A public promotion of some product or service.
9. A Loloish language.
10. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
18. A town in central Belgium.
19. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
21. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
24. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
25. A state in midwestern United States.
26. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
28. South American plant cultivated for its large fragrant trumpet-shaped flowers.
29. The sixth month of the Hindu calendar.
30. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
35. Beside one another in a row or rank.
37. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
38. A unit of apothecary weight equal to an eighth of an ounce or to 60 grains.
39. Having nine hinged bands of bony plates.
42. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
43. A light touch or stroke.
45. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
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