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1. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
4. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
8. How long something has existed.
11. (slang) A gangster's pistol.
12. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
13. (informal) Of very poor quality.
14. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
17. United States naval officer and historian (1840-1914).
18. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
19. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
20. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
24. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
25. The act of moving along swiftly (as before a gale).
27. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
30. Informal terms for a mother.
31. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
37. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
41. Long coarse hair growing from the crest of the animal's neck.
42. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
43. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
44. A primeval personification of air and breath.
45. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
46. An adherent of any branch of Taoism.
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1. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
2. A family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southeastern Asia.
3. A state in the western United States.
4. The upper house of the parliament of the Republic of Ireland.
5. Being one hundred more than three hundred.
6. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
7. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
8. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
9. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
10. The boy whose upbringing was described by Jean-Jacques Rousseau.
15. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
16. Rare (usually fatal) brain disease (usually in middle age) caused by an unidentified slow virus.
21. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
22. A state in northwestern North America.
23. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
26. Showing a high degree of refinement and the assurance that comes from wide social experience.
28. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
29. A long projecting or anterior elongation of an animal's head.
32. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
33. Chief port of Yemen.
34. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
35. A small cake leavened with yeast.
36. Fabric dyed with splotches of green and brown and black and tan.
38. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
39. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
40. Nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate.
41. The act of slowing down or falling behind.
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