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1. Blood cells that engulf and digest bacteria and fungi.
4. A French abbot.
8. The syllable naming the first (tonic) note of any major scale in solmization.
11. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
12. Providing sophisticated amusement by virtue of having artificially (and vulgarly) mannered or banal or sentimental qualities.
13. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
14. Minute floating marine tunicate having a transparent body with an opening at each end.
16. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
17. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
18. Flesh of large European flatfish.
21. The cry made by sheep.
24. A master's degree in business.
31. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
35. European freshwater fish resembling the roach.
40. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
43. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
44. Artists or writers whose ideas are ahead of their time.
45. Using speech rather than writing.
46. Any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species.
47. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
48. A small cake leavened with yeast.
49. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
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1. A small tuft or lock.
2. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
3. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
4. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
5. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
6. The rate at which heat is produced by an individual in a resting state.
7. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
8. Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods.
9. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
10. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
15. Perennial herb of East India to Polynesia and Australia cultivated for its large edible root yielding Otaheite arrowroot starch.
19. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
20. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
22. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
23. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
25. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
26. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
27. A bachelor's degree in religion.
28. A doctor's degree in dental medicine.
29. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
30. A decree that prohibits something.
32. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
33. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
34. Sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with gray furry ears and coat.
36. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
37. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
38. In bed.
39. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
41. A numbered compartment in a post office where mail is put to be called for.
42. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
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