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1. Strong woody fibers obtained especially from the phloem of from various plants.
5. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
7. A member of a European people who occupied Britain and Spain and Gaul in pre-Roman times.
11. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
12. Half the width of an em.
13. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
14. Large edible mackerel of temperate United States coastal Atlantic waters.
15. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
17. Functioning correctly and ready for action.
18. Conqueror of Gaul and master of Italy (100-44 BC).
21. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
23. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
24. Unknown god.
25. A port city of south central Ukraine on an arm of the Black Sea.
27. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
28. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
30. The cry made by sheep.
33. A state in northwestern North America.
34. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
35. One of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
38. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
41. Given or having a specified name.
43. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
44. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
47. A hospital unit staffed and equipped to provide intensive care.
48. Imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy.
49. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
50. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
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1. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
2. Of or relating to or involving an area.
3. A sloping mass of rocks at the base of a cliff.
4. A member of the Pueblo people living in northern New Mexico.
5. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
6. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
7. Stout-bodied insect with large membranous wings.
8. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
9. Chief port and economic center of Nigeria.
10. Formerly included in genus Cedrela.
16. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
19. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
20. A motley assortment of things.
22. A rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys.
26. Inquire about.
29. An insane person.
31. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
32. Small genus of dioecious tropical aquatic plants.
36. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
37. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
39. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
40. An ancient Assyrian city on the River Tigris and traditional capital of Assyria.
42. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
43. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
45. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
46. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
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