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1. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
4. Type genus of the Hylidae.
8. A preparation (usually made of sweetened chicle) for chewing.
11. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
12. The lower house of the parliament of the Republic of Ireland.
13. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
14. The corporate executive responsible for the operations of the firm.
15. A digital display that uses liquid crystal cells that change reflectivity in an applied electric field.
17. A public promotion of some product or service.
19. An aromatic ointment used in antiquity.
20. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
22. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
25. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
26. The face or front of a building.
30. A class of proteins produced in lymph tissue in vertebrates and that function as antibodies in the immune response.
31. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
33. A set of questions or exercises evaluating skill or knowledge.
36. A fatal disease of cattle that affects the central nervous system.
38. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
42. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
44. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
45. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
48. (folklore) A small grotesque supernatural creature that makes trouble for human beings.
49. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
50. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
51. (Babylonian) The sky god.
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1. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
2. English monk and scholar (672-735).
3. An artificial language that is a revision and simplification of Esperanto.
4. A lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood.
5. An expensive vessel propelled by sail or power and used for cruising or racing.
6. Either of two folds of skin that can be moved to cover or open the eye.
7. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
8. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
9. (Norse mythology) One of the Aesir known for his beauty and skill with bow and skis.
10. A female domestic.
16. An agency of the United Nations responsible for programs to aid education and the health of children and mothers in developing countries.
18. Any of numerous low-growing cushion-forming plants of the genus Draba having rosette-forming leaves and terminal racemes of small flowers with scapose or leafy stems.
21. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
23. A federation of North American labor unions that merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955.
24. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
27. An edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle.
28. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
29. The square of a body of any size of type.
32. Capital and largest city of Iraq.
34. A narrow headband or strip of ribbon worn as a headband.
35. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
37. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
38. An uproarious party.
39. A Loloish language.
40. Originally a stronghold captured by David (the 2nd king of the Israelites).
41. Fast-growing herbaceous evergreen tree of South America having a broad trunk with high water content and dark green oval leaves.
43. A master's degree in business.
46. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
47. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
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