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1. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
5. The universal time coordinated when an event is received on Earth.
8. Tastelessness by virtue of being cheap and vulgar.
11. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
12. The cry made by sheep.
13. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
14. A deep prolonged sound (as of thunder or large bells).
15. Top part of an apron.
16. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
17. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
19. A member of a nomadic Berber people of the Sahara.
21. A small cake leavened with yeast.
22. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
23. An imaginary elephant that appears in a series of French books for children.
26. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
27. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
28. Modulation of the frequency of the (radio) carrier wave.
29. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
31. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
33. A public promotion of some product or service.
36. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
40. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
43. A complex red organic pigment containing iron and other atoms to which oxygen binds.
46. Consisting of or made of wood of the oak tree.
47. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
48. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
49. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
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1. Piece of solid food for dipping in a liquid.
2. Humble request for help.
3. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
4. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
5. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
6. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
7. Forbidden to profane use especially in South Pacific islands.
8. A crown-like jewelled headdress worn by women on formal occasions.
9. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
10. A city in southeastern South Korea.
18. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
20. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
24. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
25. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
30. A sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow).
32. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
34. Dearly loved.
35. Fallow deer.
37. Small buffalo of the Celebes having small straight horns.
38. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
39. A town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern Mediterranean.
41. Any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species.
42. Tag the base runner to get him out.
44. Being nine more than ninety.
45. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
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