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1. A theocratic republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
5. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
8. One of the most common of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
11. Type genus of the Majidae.
12. A resource.
13. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
14. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
15. Electronic equipment that provides visual images of varying electrical quantities.
16. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
17. Japanese ornamental tree with fragrant white or pink blossoms and small yellow fruits.
20. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
21. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
23. The inner and longer of the two bones of the human forearm.
24. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
26. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
28. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
29. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
30. A lyric poem with complex stanza forms.
31. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
33. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
40. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
43. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
44. Round object that is hit or thrown or kicked in games.
45. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
46. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
47. Widely cultivated in tropical and subtropical regions for its fragrant flowers and colorful fruits.
48. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
49. A barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea.
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1. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
2. A dissolute man in fashionable society.
3. A genus of Platalea.
4. (British) Your grandmother.
5. The front of the head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear.
6. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
7. A rapid bustling commotion.
8. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
9. A mountain peak in the Andes in Argentina (21,654 feet high).
10. Jordan's port.
18. The civil and religious leader of a Muslim state.
19. A user interface based on graphics (icons and pictures and menus) instead of text.
22. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
25. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
27. The cry made by sheep.
31. A telegram sent abroad.
32. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
34. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
35. A large bundle bound for storage or transport.
36. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
37. (computer science) A data transmission rate (bits/second) for modems.
38. God of love and erotic desire.
39. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
41. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
42. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
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