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1. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
4. Any orchid of the genus Disa.
8. Hormone produced early in pregnancy by the placenta.
11. The act of slowing down or falling behind.
12. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
13. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
14. French cabaret singer (1915-1963).
15. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
16. A lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood.
17. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
20. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
23. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
25. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
28. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
29. Not only so, but.
32. An ancient kingdom of southern Palestine with Jerusalem as its center.
35. Belonging to or on behalf of a specified person (especially yourself).
39. Any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue.
40. Electronic equipment that provides visual images of varying electrical quantities.
41. A Russian river.
42. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
43. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
44. A symptom of some physical hurt or disorder.
45. Tag the base runner to get him out.
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1. First in order of importance.
2. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
3. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
4. A person forced to flee from home or country.
5. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
6. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
7. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
8. Of or relating to or located near a hilum.
9. A group of Plains Indians formerly living in what is now North and South Dakota and Nebraska and Kansas and Arkansas and Louisiana and Oklahoma and Texas.
10. A mountain peak in the Andes in Argentina (21,654 feet high).
18. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
19. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
21. An archaic name for Easter or Passover.
22. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
24. Perennial herb of East India to Polynesia and Australia cultivated for its large edible root yielding Otaheite arrowroot starch.
26. A Ukrainian peninsula between the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov.
27. A landlocked principality in the Himalayas northeast of India.
30. A republic consisting of 26 of 32 counties comprising the island of Ireland.
31. Small buffalo of the Celebes having small straight horns.
33. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
34. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
36. Any high mountain.
37. Black tropical American cuckoo.
38. Imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy.
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