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1. An informal term for a father.
5. An enclosed space.
8. White crystalline compound used as a food additive to enhance flavor.
11. An elaborate song for solo voice.
12. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
13. The United Nations agency concerned with the interests of labor.
14. The basic unit of money in Ethiopia.
15. Electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field.
16. (British) Your grandmother.
17. Extinct small mostly diurnal lower primates that fed on leaves and fruit.
22. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
25. An associate degree in applied science.
26. A deep bow.
30. A large bundle bound for storage or transport.
31. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
34. A pointed instrument used to prod into motion.
37. The act of slowing down or falling behind.
42. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
43. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
44. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
46. The cry made by sheep.
47. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
48. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
2. Lacking sufficient water or rainfall.
3. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
4. An association of people to promote the welfare of senior citizens.
5. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
6. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
7. Counting the number of white and red blood cells and the number of platelets in 1 cubic millimeter of blood.
8. Tropical Asian starlings.
9. Satisfy (thirst).
10. A gland in which gametes (sex cells) are produced.
18. Conforming to an ultimate standard of perfection or excellence.
19. Syndrome resulting from a serious acute (sometimes fatal) infection associated with the presence of staphylococcus.
20. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
21. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
23. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
24. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
27. 16 ounces.
28. A state in New England.
29. The 17th letter of the Greek alphabet.
32. A small cake leavened with yeast.
33. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
34. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
35. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
36. Fallow deer.
38. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
39. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
40. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
41. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
45. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
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