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1. British informal term.
4. A ruler of the Inca Empire (or a member of his family).
8. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
11. The second larges of the four main islands of Japan.
12. An unforeseen obstacle.
13. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
14. Take something away by force or without the consent of the owner.
15. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
17. Informal terms for a mother.
18. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
20. A soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element.
22. Small tropical American tree bearing edible plumlike fruit.
24. Half the width of an em.
28. A lyric poem with complex stanza forms.
33. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
35. Small buffalo of the Celebes having small straight horns.
39. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
41. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
42. A device for creating a current of air by movement of a surface or surfaces.
45. The basic unit of money in Iran.
46. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
47. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
48. A small cake leavened with yeast.
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1. Italian operatic composer (1813-1901).
2. (geology) Before the appearance of life.
3. Venomous Asiatic and African elapid snakes that can expand the skin of the neck into a hood.
4. A religious sect founded in the United States in 1966.
5. The compass point that is midway between north and northeast.
6. 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.
7. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
8. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
9. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
10. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
16. Divulge information or secrets.
19. (informal) Of the highest quality.
21. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
23. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
25. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
26. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
27. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
29. An ancient musical horn made from the horn of a ram.
30. Any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia.
31. A light touch or stroke.
32. An associate degree in nursing.
34. Of or relating to or characteristic of the Republic of Chad or its people or language.
36. An aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect.
37. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
38. The basic unit of money in Western Samoa.
40. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
43. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
44. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
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