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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. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
7. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
11. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
12. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
13. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
14. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
15. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring in the air.
16. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
17. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
20. The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on.
21. (plate tectonic theory) A hypothetical continent including all the landmass of the earth prior to the Triassic period when it split into Laurasia and Gondwanaland.
23. Designer drug designed to have the effects of amphetamines (it floods the brain with serotonin) but to avoid the drug laws.
26. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
27. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
30. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
31. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
34. A severe or trying experience.
37. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
39. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
40. A male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917).
43. Being two more than fifty.
44. Rare (usually fatal) brain disease (usually in middle age) caused by an unidentified slow virus.
46. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
47. A graphical record of electrical activity of the brain.
48. An associate degree in applied science.
49. Electronic warfare undertaken to insure effective friendly use of the electromagnetic spectrum in spite of the enemy's use of electronic warfare.
50. A unit of pressure.
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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. Jordan's port.
5. Flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes.
6. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
7. An anxiety disorder characterized by chronic free-floating anxiety and such symptoms as tension or sweating or trembling of light-headedness or irritability etc that has lasted for more than six months.
8. The sixth month of the civil year.
9. A small cake leavened with yeast.
10. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
18. Any member of Athapaskan tribes that migrated to the southwestern desert (from Arizona to Texas and south into Mexico).
19. A long noosed rope used to catch animals.
22. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
24. A person forced to flee from home or country.
25. A form of rummy using two decks and four jokers.
28. French novelist.
29. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
32. True firs.
33. Any of a group of heavenly spirits under the god Anu.
35. A Hindu prince or king in India.
36. An inflammatory disease involving the sebaceous glands of the skin.
38. A city in northwestern Syria.
39. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
41. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
42. Beyond or deviating from the usual or expected.
45. An honorary degree in science.
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