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1. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
5. A mouth or mouthlike opening.
7. Type genus of the Anatidae.
11. (New Testament) The sages who visited Jesus and Mary and Joseph shortly after Jesus was born.
12. (chemistry) P(otential of) H(ydrogen).
13. Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods.
14. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
15. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
16. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
17. A very light colorless element that is one of the six inert gasses.
18. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
21. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances.
23. 100 fen equal 1 yuan.
24. Designer drug designed to have the effects of amphetamines (it floods the brain with serotonin) but to avoid the drug laws.
27. Being one hundred more than three hundred.
28. Manufactured in standard sizes to be shipped and assembled elsewhere.
29. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
32. The sixth month of the civil year.
35. A family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southeastern Asia.
37. The content of cognition.
39. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
43. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
44. A circular segment of a curve.
45. Used of a single unit or thing.
46. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
47. By bad luck.
48. An associate degree in applied science.
49. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
2. (British) An open river valley (in a hilly area).
3. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
4. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
5. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
6. Title for the former hereditary monarch of Iran.
7. A public promotion of some product or service.
8. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
9. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
10. The scum formed by oxidation at the surface of molten metals.
19. A Chadic language spoken in Chad.
20. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
22. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
25. A doctor's degree in education.
26. A master's degree in fine arts.
30. Lap at the front of a coat.
31. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
33. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
34. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
36. Acute lung injury characterized by coughing and rales.
38. Fallow deer.
40. The cry made by sheep.
41. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
42. A potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry.
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