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1. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
4. Any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes.
7. Toward the mouth or oral region.
11. An enclosed space.
12. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
13. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
14. Being one hundred more than two hundred.
15. A decree that prohibits something.
16. Any place of complete bliss and delight and peace.
17. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
19. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
21. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
22. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
24. A public promotion of some product or service.
26. A boy or man.
30. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
31. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
34. One of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
35. A member of an agricultural people of southern India.
40. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
44. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
45. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
48. A member of a Mayan people of southwestern Guatemala.
49. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity equal to 10 decibels.
50. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
51. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
52. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
53. A French abbot.
54. The residue that remains when something is burned.
55. A bachelor's degree in religion.
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1. An Oscan-speaking member of an ancient people of Campania.
2. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
3. A federal agency that supervises carriers that transport goods and people between states.
4. A young woman making her debut into society.
5. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
6. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
7. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
8. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
9. Norwegian mathematician (1802-1829).
10. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
18. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
20. A bachelor's degree in religion.
23. A light touch or stroke.
25. Extremely pleasing.
27. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
28. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
29. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
32. A complete metric system of units of measurement for scientists.
33. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
36. In bed.
37. (British) An open river valley (in a hilly area).
38. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
39. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
40. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
41. Type genus of the Amiidae.
42. South African term for `boss'.
43. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
46. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
47. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
48. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
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