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1. Any of several related languages of the Celts in Ireland and Scotland.
5. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
8. A former monetary unit in Great Britain.
11. Any of various minerals consisting of hydrous silicates of aluminum or potassium etc. that crystallize in forms that allow perfect cleavage into very thin leaves.
12. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
13. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
14. One of the most common of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
15. An interest followed with exaggerated zeal.
17. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
22. A small cake leavened with yeast.
25. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
27. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
31. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
34. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
37. The atomic weight of an element that has the same combining capacity as a given weight of another element.
38. Turned or twisted toward one side.
43. Old World wild swine having a narrow body and prominent tusks from which most domestic swine come.
44. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
45. Extremely pleasing.
46. The inner and longer of the two bones of the human forearm.
47. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
48. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. Expel, as of gases and odors.
2. Port city that is the capital and largest city of Latvia.
3. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
4. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
5. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
6. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
7. A unit of information equal to one million (1,048,576) bytes.
8. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
9. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
10. English monk and scholar (672-735).
16. A boy or man.
18. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
19. A young woman making her debut into society.
20. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
21. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
23. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
24. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
26. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
28. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
29. (of securities) Not quoted on a stock exchange.
30. Long-tailed arboreal mustelid of Central and South America.
32. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
33. Jordan's port.
35. Absent without permission.
36. A theocratic republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
39. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
40. The cry made by sheep.
41. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
42. A master's degree in fine arts.
43. 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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