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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. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
8. Up to the present time.
11. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
12. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
13. A member of the Siouan people inhabiting the valleys of the Platte and Missouri rivers in Nebraska.
14. A form of entertainment that enacts a story by a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement.
15. (computer science) The smallest discrete component of an image or picture on a CRT screen (usually a colored dot).
16. Seed vessel having hooks or prickles.
17. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
19. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
21. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
23. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
24. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
29. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
32. A white or colorless vitreous insoluble solid (SiO2).
35. Large west African tree having large palmately lobed leaves and axillary cymose panicles of small white flowers and one-winged seeds.
39. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
42. A state in northwestern North America.
43. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.
46. Queen of England as the 6th wife of Henry VIII (1512-1548).
48. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
49. Gone by.
50. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
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1. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
2. Fleshy and usually brightly colored cover of some seeds that develops from the ovule stalk and partially or entirely envelopes the seed.
3. A deep bow.
4. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
5. An inhabitant of Lappland.
6. How long something has existed.
7. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
8. A cruel and brutal fellow.
9. Small ornamental ladies' bag for small articles.
10. A unit of pressure equal to 0.001316 atmosphere.
18. A period of time equal to 1/24th of a day.
20. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
22. Have an ambitious plan or a lofty goal.
25. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
26. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
27. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
28. A New England state.
30. (informal) Of the highest quality.
31. Italian brandy made from residue of grapes after pressing.
33. Feeling or showing extreme anger.
34. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
36. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
37. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
38. Long green edible beaked pods of the okra plant.
40. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
41. The capital and largest city of Japan.
44. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
45. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
47. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
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