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1. (old-fashioned) At or from or to a great distance.
5. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
8. The ratio of the distance traveled (in kilometers) to the time spent traveling (in hours).
11. Sustentacular tissue that surrounds and supports neurons in the central nervous system.
12. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
13. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
14. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
15. The organ of sight (`peeper' is an informal term for `eye').
16. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
17. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
23. (Old Testament) The first of the major Hebrew prophets (8th century BC).
26. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
27. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
28. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
31. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
33. A member of a Turkic people of Uzbekistan and neighboring areas.
36. A short labored intake of breath with the mouth open.
39. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
40. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
43. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
44. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
45. A small cake leavened with yeast.
46. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
47. The state of matter distinguished from the solid and liquid states by.
48. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
49. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
2. Loose or flaccid body fat.
3. A resource.
4. British dominion over India (1757-1947).
5. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
6. Common Indian weaverbird.
7. Water frozen in the solid state.
8. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
9. Acting like a clown or buffoon.
10. A member of a seafaring group of North American Indians who lived on the Pacific coast of British Columbia and southwestern Alaska.
18. North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean.
19. The cry made by sheep.
20. An informal term for a father.
21. A crown-like jewelled headdress worn by women on formal occasions.
22. Divulge information or secrets.
24. A state in north central United States.
25. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
29. A member of an agricultural people in southeastern India.
30. A Bantu language spoken by the Chaga people in northern Tanzania.
32. Jordan's port.
34. The battle in 202 BC in which Scipio decisively defeated Hannibal at the end of the second Punic War.
35. Slanting diagonally across the grain of a fabric.
37. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
38. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
41. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
42. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
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