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4. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
8. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
11. How long something has existed.
12. Type genus of the Anatidae.
13. God of the earth.
14. Being one more than two.
15. An informal term for a father.
17. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
20. A state in New England.
21. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
25. A public promotion of some product or service.
26. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
28. A doctor's degree in education.
29. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
30. Clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion.
33. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
40. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
42. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
43. Any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue.
45. Intentionally so written (used after a printed word or phrase).
46. Narrow wood or metal or plastic runners used for gliding over snow.
47. A small cake leavened with yeast.
48. Grass mowed and cured for use as fodder.
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1. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
2. Any of a group of heavenly spirits under the god Anu.
3. Flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes.
4. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
5. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
6. A slight amount or degree of difference.
7. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
8. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
9. Relating to or resembling or made of or adorned with pearls or mother-of-pearl.
10. The principal evil jinni in Islamic mythology.
16. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
18. An interest followed with exaggerated zeal.
19. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
22. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
23. The residue that remains when something is burned.
24. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
27. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
31. A light touch or stroke.
32. Greek mythology.
34. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
35. An Iranian language spoken in Afghanistan.
36. Young sheep.
37. A wound made by cutting.
38. English essayist (1775-1834).
39. Full of zest or vigor.
41. The cry made by sheep.
44. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
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