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1. An independent group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic languages.
5. White crystalline compound used as a food additive to enhance flavor.
8. Inquire about.
11. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
12. The 19th letter of the Greek alphabet.
13. (British) Your grandmother.
14. The smallest multiple that is exactly divisible by every member of a set of numbers.
16. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
17. A midnight meeting of witches to practice witchcraft and sorcery.
19. A condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people.
20. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
23. Long green edible beaked pods of the okra plant.
24. (informal) Of the highest quality.
25. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
28. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
30. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
33. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
34. Before noon.
35. An imaginary elephant that appears in a series of French books for children.
37. A small vessel for travel on water.
40. By bad luck.
44. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
45. Money in the form of bills or coins.
46. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
47. The cry made by sheep.
48. Hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella.
49. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
50. The sign language used in the United States.
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1. A master's degree in library science.
2. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
3. South Asian deer with three-tined antlers.
4. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
5. A unit of weight equivalent to 1000 kilograms.
6. An enclosed space.
7. Hard greenish-brown wood of the lignum vitae tree and other trees of the genus Guaiacum.
8. Squash bugs.
9. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
10. Widely distributed low-growing Eurasian herb having narrow leaves and inconspicuous green flowers.
15. 4-wheeled motor vehicle.
18. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
21. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
22. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
26. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
27. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
29. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
31. A mountain peak in the Andes in Argentina (21,654 feet high).
32. Lower in esteem.
33. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
36. United States tennis player who was the first Black to win United States and English singles championships (1943-1993).
38. A river that rises in northeastern Turkey (near the source of the Euphrates) and flows generally eastward through Armenia to the Caspian Sea.
39. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
41. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
42. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
43. A master's degree in business.
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