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1. Hormone produced early in pregnancy by the placenta.
4. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
8. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
11. Canadian hockey player (born 1948).
12. Divulge information or secrets.
13. An ancient Hebrew unit of capacity equal to 10 baths or 10 ephahs.
14. Fish eggs or egg-filled ovary.
15. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
16. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
17. 100 thebe equal 1 pula.
20. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
23. Fleshy spore-bearing inner mass of e.g. a puffball or stinkhorn.
25. Of or relating to the stomach and intestines.
26. An (apparently) flying object whose nature is unknown.
27. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
32. A steep rugged rock or cliff.
35. The (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb.
36. Relating to the deepest parts of the ocean (below 6000 meters).
40. One of the most common of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
41. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
42. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
44. School of Mahayana Buddhism asserting that enlightenment can come through meditation and intuition rather than faith.
45. A barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea.
46. A small cake leavened with yeast.
47. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
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1. Belgian architect and leader in art nouveau architecture (1861-1947).
2. United States physician who specialized in diseases of the intestines.
3. Similar to the color of fresh grass.
4. A unit of information equal to one million (1,048,576) bytes.
5. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
6. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
7. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
8. A town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern Mediterranean.
9. United States physiologist (born in Germany) who did research on parthenogenesis (1859-1924).
10. (informal) Exceptionally good.
18. A flexible container with a single opening.
19. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
21. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
22. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
24. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
28. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
29. 1,000 baiza equal 1 riyal-omani.
30. Spiritual being attendant upon God.
31. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
33. Type genus of the Ranidae.
34. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
37. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
38. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
39. A master's degree in business.
43. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
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