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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. South African term for `boss'.
8. Not reflecting light.
11. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
12. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
13. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
14. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
15. Of or relating to near the ear.
16. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
17. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
20. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
23. Firework consisting of a tube filled with powder (as a broken firecracker) that burns with a fizzing noise.
24. The capital of Croatia.
27. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
28. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
31. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
34. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
36. Unknown god.
37. A legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body.
42. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
43. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
44. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
45. Airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc..
46. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
47. The cry made by sheep.
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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. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
5. (prefix) Opposite or opposing or neutralizing.
6. Black tropical American cuckoo.
7. An enclosed space.
8. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
9. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
10. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
18. Surveying instrument consisting of the upper movable part of a theodolite including the telescope and its attachments.
19. Capital and largest city of Iraq.
21. A type of submachine gun that is designed and manufactured in Israel.
22. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
25. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
26. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
29. The capital and largest city of Ghana with a deep-water port.
30. Having been taken into the mouth for consumption.
32. Jordan's port.
33. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
35. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
38. The syllable naming the first (tonic) note of any major scale in solmization.
39. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
40. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
41. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
42. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
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