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1. Surface layer of ground containing a matt of grass and grass roots.
4. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
8. Nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate.
11. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
12. Fallow deer.
13. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
14. (informal) Roused to anger.
15. Quick and skillful in movement.
16. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
17. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
20. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
21. Related on the mother's side.
28. (computer science) A coding system that incorporates extra parity bits in order to detect errors.
30. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
32. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
34. A public promotion of some product or service.
39. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
43. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
44. A port in southwestern Scotland.
46. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
47. In or of the month preceding the present one.
48. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
49. A master's degree in fine arts.
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1. Wood of a sumac.
2. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
3. An informal term for a father.
4. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
5. Conqueror of Gaul and master of Italy (100-44 BC).
6. A United Nations agency to promote trade by increasing the exchange stability of the major currencies.
7. An audiotape recording of sound.
8. A small cake leavened with yeast.
9. A city in northern India.
10. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
18. The money risked on a gamble.
19. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
22. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
23. A silvery malleable metallic element that resists corrosion.
24. A state in midwestern United States.
25. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
26. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
27. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
29. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
31. A light touch or stroke.
33. Any group or radical of the form RCO- where R is an organic group.
35. God of love and erotic desire.
36. The inner surface of the hand from the wrist to the base of the fingers.
37. French cabaret singer (1915-1963).
38. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
40. The products of human creativity.
41. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
42. An awkward stupid person.
45. A gray lustrous metallic element of the rare earth group.
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