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1. Liquid containing proteins and electrolytes including the liquid in blood plasma and interstitial fluid.
4. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
8. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
11. Chiefly perennial grasses of cool temperate regions.
12. A small nail.
13. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
14. One who works hard at boring tasks.
15. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
16. A unit of information equal to one million (1,048,576) bytes.
17. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
18. Informal terms for a mother.
20. Fallow deer.
25. A case or sheath especially a pollen sac or moss capsule.
26. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
27. A Bantu language spoken by the Chaga people in northern Tanzania.
29. The cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one.
32. Characteristic of false pride.
36. A deep prolonged loud noise.
39. Used of physical coldness.
41. A barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea.
42. The act of using.
44. (informal) Of the highest quality.
45. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
46. The content of cognition.
47. The federal department responsible for safeguarding national security.
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1. An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel.
2. Fossil fuel consisting of carbonized vegetable matter deposited in the Carboniferous period.
3. The face or front of a building.
4. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
5. Any property detected by the olfactory system.
6. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
7. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
8. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
9. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
10. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
19. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
21. Harmony of people's opinions or actions or characters.
22. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
23. A flexible container with a single opening.
24. An anti-TNF compound (trade name Arava) that is given orally.
28. A public promotion of some product or service.
30. Web-footed long-necked typically gregarious migratory aquatic birds usually larger and less aquatic than ducks.
31. Indigo bush.
33. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
34. Small tropical American tree bearing edible plumlike fruit.
35. Given or having a specified name.
37. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
38. A Hindu prince or king in India.
40. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
41. An informal term for a father.
43. An expression of greeting.
44. Informal terms for a mother.
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