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1. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
5. Being one more than one hundred.
7. A modified bud consisting of a thickened globular underground stem serving as a reproductive structure.
11. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
12. A doctor's degree in optometry.
13. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
14. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
16. God of the Underworld.
17. The network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal function.
18. Squash bugs.
20. A class of proteins produced in lymph tissue in vertebrates and that function as antibodies in the immune response.
22. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
24. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
27. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
28. Formerly a term of respect for important white Europeans in colonial India.
31. How long something has existed.
32. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
33. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
34. A small cake leavened with yeast.
40. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
42. King of Saudi Arabia since 1982 (born in 1922).
44. A serve that strikes the net before falling into the receiver's court.
45. Characterized by lightness and insubstantiality.
47. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
48. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
49. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
50. Either of two folds of skin that can be moved to cover or open the eye.
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1. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
2. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
3. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
4. Informal terms for a mother.
5. High quality grape brandy distilled in the Cognac district of France.
6. Conforming to an ultimate standard of perfection or excellence.
7. Common Indian weaverbird.
8. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
9. (folklore) A corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living.
10. God of wealth and love.
15. A state in midwestern United States.
19. In the Arabian Nights a hero who tells of the fantastic adventures he had in his voyages.
21. A member of a seafaring group of North American Indians who lived on the Pacific coast of British Columbia and southwestern Alaska.
23. A small ball with a hole through the middle.
25. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
26. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
29. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
30. Old World woody vines.
35. In bed.
36. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
37. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
38. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
39. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
41. An associate degree in applied science.
43. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
46. A soft silvery metallic element.
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