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1. Edible tuber of any of several yams.
4. A committee in the executive branch of government that advises the president on foreign and military and national security.
7. Port city that is the capital and largest city of Latvia.
11. The compass point midway between east and southeast.
12. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
13. Blockage consisting of an object designed to fill a hole tightly.
14. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
15. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
16. The arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek.
17. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
19. The cry made by sheep.
21. A member of a Mayan people of southwestern Guatemala.
22. A nonmetallic largely pentavalent heavy volatile corrosive dark brown liquid element belonging to the halogens.
23. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
24. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
28. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
31. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
32. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
34. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
39. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
42. Any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia.
44. Offering fun and gaiety.
46. Austrian physicist and philosopher who introduced the Mach number and who founded logical positivism (1838-1916).
47. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
48. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
49. In bed.
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1. Not only so, but.
2. The largest continent with 60% of the earth's population.
3. A form of rummy using two decks and four jokers.
4. A sign of assent or salutation or command.
5. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
6. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
7. Rate of revolution of a motor.
8. Tropical American tree grown in southern United States having a whitish pink-tinged fruit.
9. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
10. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
18. (Old Testament) The fourth son of Jacob who was forebear of one of the tribes of Israel.
20. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
25. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
26. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
27. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
29. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
30. A son who has the same first name as his father.
33. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
34. Late time of life.
35. An informal term for a father.
36. Fallow deer.
37. Grains used as food either unpolished or more often polished.
38. King of Saudi Arabia since 1982 (born in 1922).
40. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
41. A decree that prohibits something.
43. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
44. The act of slowing down or falling behind.
45. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
46. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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