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1. A Loloish language.
5. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
8. The act of hauling something (as a vehicle) by means of a hitch or rope.
11. German naturalist whose speculations that plants and animals are made up of tiny living `infusoria' led to the cell theory (1779-1851).
12. How long something has existed.
13. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
14. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
15. The cry made by sheep.
16. The basic unit of money in Albania.
17. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
19. Genus of tropical plants with creeping rootstocks and small umbellate flowers.
21. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
22. Extremely pleasing.
23. Black tropical American cuckoo.
26. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
28. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
29. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
31. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
33. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
35. Obvious and dull.
39. A midnight meeting of witches to practice witchcraft and sorcery.
42. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
43. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
44. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
47. A member of a Mayan people of southwestern Guatemala.
48. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
51. The compass point midway between east and southeast.
52. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
53. Cheap showy jewelry or ornament or clothing.
54. The habitation of wild animals.
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1. A rich soil consisting of a mixture of sand and clay and decaying organic materials.
2. A Loloish language.
3. Perceive sound.
4. Remove a bar from (a door, for example).
5. A small cake leavened with yeast.
6. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
7. A long noosed rope used to catch animals.
8. A fine grained mineral having a soft soapy feel and consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate.
9. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
10. Flightless New Zealand rail of thievish disposition having short wings each with a spur used in fighting.
18. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
20. A port city in southwestern Iran.
24. A state in southeastern United States.
25. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
27. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
30. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
32. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
34. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
36. Given or having a specified name.
37. Lower in esteem.
38. A unit of luminous flux equal to the amount of light given out through a solid angle of 1 steradian by a point source of 1 candela intensity radiating uniformly in all directions.
40. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
41. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
42. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
45. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
46. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
49. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
50. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
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