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1. Any of various trees of the genus Ulmus.
4. God of love and erotic desire.
8. Not reflecting light.
11. A doctor's degree in education.
12. Very dark black.
13. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
14. A barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea.
15. South African term for `boss'.
16. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
17. Jordan's port.
20. The superior of a group of nuns.
24. A platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it.
27. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
28. Being one hundred more than three hundred.
29. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
30. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
32. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
33. A Hindu prince or king in India.
37. A metallic element of the rare earth group.
41. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
45. A master's degree in fine arts.
46. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
47. 100 lwei equal 1 kwanza.
48. A newt in its terrestrial stage of development.
49. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
50. Group of people related by blood or marriage.
51. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
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1. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
2. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
3. Designer drug designed to have the effects of amphetamines (it floods the brain with serotonin) but to avoid the drug laws.
4. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
5. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
6. Extinct flightless bird of New Zealand.
7. The part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands.
8. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
9. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
10. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
18. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
19. A bachelor's degree in science.
21. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
22. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
23. An honorary degree in science.
25. One million periods per second.
26. The cry made by sheep.
31. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
34. A medieval helmet with a visor and a neck guard.
35. A port in western Israel on the Mediterranean.
36. Italian violin maker in Cremona.
38. A small cake leavened with yeast.
39. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
40. Characteristic of false pride.
42. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
43. Considerate and solicitous care.
44. A pointed tool for marking surfaces or for punching small holes.
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