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1. A widely distributed system consisting of all the cells able to ingest bacteria or colloidal particles etc, except for certain white blood cells.
4. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
8. A rapid bustling commotion.
11. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
12. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
13. (Scotland) A small loaf or roll of soft bread.
14. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
15. Long green edible beaked pods of the okra plant.
16. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
17. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
19. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
21. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
22. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
24. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
26. The branch of information science that deals with natural language information.
29. The cry made by sheep.
31. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
32. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
34. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
37. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
38. A midnight meeting of witches to practice witchcraft and sorcery.
42. African mahogany trees.
45. A river in southeastern France.
46. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
47. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
49. Cotton trousers made of corduroy cloth.
50. Someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential).
52. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
54. The basic unit of money in Cambodia.
55. A long projecting or anterior elongation of an animal's head.
56. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
57. A small cake leavened with yeast.
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1. Danish philologist whose work on Old Norse pioneered in the field of comparative linguistics (1787-1832).
2. A fencing sword similar to a foil but with a heavier blade.
3. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
4. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
5. (Judaism) Sacred chest where the ancient Hebrews kept the two tablets containing the Ten Commandments.
6. Any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue.
7. Lower in esteem.
8. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
9. An informal term for a father.
10. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
18. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
20. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
23. An informal term for a father.
25. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
27. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
28. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
30. An associate degree in applied science.
33. Common Indian weaverbird.
35. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
36. Become imbued.
39. Soviet chief of secret police under Joseph Stalin.
40. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
41. A unit of magnetic flux density equal to one weber per square meter.
43. Swift timid long-eared mammal larger than a rabbit having a divided upper lip and long hind legs.
44. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
48. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
51. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
53. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
54. A toxic nonmetallic element related to sulfur and tellurium.
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