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1. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
5. (Scotland) A small loaf or roll of soft bread.
8. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
11. Someone who copies the words or behavior of another.
12. Used of a single unit or thing.
13. An ancient Hebrew unit of capacity equal to 10 baths or 10 ephahs.
14. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
15. The cry made by sheep.
16. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
17. A peninsula between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf.
21. An expression of greeting.
24. Surrealist Spanish painter (1904-1989).
30. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
31. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
34. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
38. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
42. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
44. A close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities.
45. Last or greatest in an indefinitely large series.
46. A soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element.
47. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
48. Headdress that protects the head from bad weather.
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1. Thin fibrous bark of the paper mulberry and Pipturus albidus.
2. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
3. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
4. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
5. A small cake leavened with yeast.
6. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
7. Seed of a pea plant.
8. A town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern Mediterranean.
9. United States physiologist (born in Germany) who did research on parthenogenesis (1859-1924).
10. (informal) Exceptionally good.
18. A federal agency that supervises carriers that transport goods and people between states.
19. Rare (usually fatal) brain disease (usually in middle age) caused by an unidentified slow virus.
20. A doctor's degree in religion.
22. An ester of adenosine that is converted to ATP for energy storage.
23. A United Nations agency that invest directly in companies and guarantees loans to private investors.
25. (Judaism) Sacred chest where the ancient Hebrews kept the two tablets containing the Ten Commandments.
26. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
27. A state in the Rocky Mountains.
28. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
29. Preserve a dead body.
32. Lower in esteem.
33. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
35. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
36. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
37. The basic unit of money in Thailand.
39. An American doctorate usually based on at least 3 years graduate study and a dissertation.
40. An accountant certified by the state.
41. Antibacterial drug (trade name Nydrazid) used to treat tuberculosis.
43. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
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