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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. East Indian cereal grass whose seed yield a somewhat bitter flour, a staple in the Orient.
8. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
11. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
12. In bed.
13. The upper side of the thighs of a seated person.
14. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
15. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
16. The compass point that is one point east of due south.
17. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
20. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
21. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
24. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
26. 36th President of the United States.
29. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
30. Used as a Hindi courtesy title.
31. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
33. Liquid containing proteins and electrolytes including the liquid in blood plasma and interstitial fluid.
35. Capital and largest city of Iraq.
38. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
40. An awkward stupid person.
42. A doctor's degree in optometry.
43. A member of an agricultural people of southern India.
47. A French abbot.
49. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
50. How long something has existed.
52. A complex red organic pigment containing iron and other atoms to which oxygen binds.
53. Take in solid food.
54. A decree that prohibits something.
55. An informal term for a father.
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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. A motley assortment of things.
5. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
6. God of the earth.
7. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
8. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
9. A small cake leavened with yeast.
10. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
18. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
19. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
22. Made agreeably cold (especially by ice).
23. Tropical American tree producing cacao beans.
25. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
27. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
28. A sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow).
32. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
34. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
36. Having deeply indented margins but with lobes not entirely separate from each other.
37. Swelling from excessive accumulation of serous fluid in tissue.
39. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
40. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
41. King of Saudi Arabia since 1982 (born in 1922).
44. An audiotape recording of sound.
45. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
46. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
48. The cry made by sheep.
49. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
51. Half the width of an em.
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