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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. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
8. (usually followed by `to' or `for') On the point of or strongly disposed.
11. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
12. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
13. The United Nations agency concerned with the interests of labor.
14. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
15. Large elliptical brightly colored deep-sea fish of Atlantic and Pacific and Mediterranean.
16. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
17. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
20. The airforce of Great Britain.
22. An upward slope or grade (as in a road).
25. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
26. An informal term for a father.
29. (informal) Of the highest quality.
32. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
35. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
37. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
38. The act of slowing down or falling behind.
41. The network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal function.
42. A federal agency that supervises carriers that transport goods and people between states.
44. The residue that remains when something is burned.
45. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
46. A set of questions or exercises evaluating skill or knowledge.
47. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
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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. Any high mountain.
6. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
7. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
8. In the Arabian Nights a hero who tells of the fantastic adventures he had in his voyages.
9. A river in central Europe that arises in northwestern Czechoslovakia and flows northward through Germany to empty into the North Sea.
10. Having a toe or toes of a specified kind.
18. A large fleet.
19. A city in northern India.
21. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
23. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
24. A state in the Rocky Mountains.
27. (trademark) An antacid.
28. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
30. Lower in esteem.
31. Boiled or baked buckwheat.
33. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
34. Framework for holding objects.
36. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
39. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
40. A crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry.
43. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
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