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1. The compass point that is one point west of due north.
4. Fleshy and usually brightly colored cover of some seeds that develops from the ovule stalk and partially or entirely envelopes the seed.
8. (computer science) A computer that is running software that allows users to leave messages and access information of general interest.
11. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
12. Similar to the color of jade.
13. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
14. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
15. Slightly open.
16. An angular shape characterized by sharp turns in alternating directions.
17. (Greek mythology) One of the three Graces.
20. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
22. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
25. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
26. A landlocked republic in eastern Africa.
30. God of death.
34. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
37. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
38. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
41. Any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes.
42. One millionth of a gram.
44. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
46. The basic unit of electric current adopted under the System International d'Unites.
47. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
48. A set of questions or exercises evaluating skill or knowledge.
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1. A quantity of no importance.
2. (informal) Exceptionally good.
3. (India) Usually in combination.
4. A genus of Platalea.
5. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
6. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
7. (Irish) The sea personified.
8. A shop where a variety of goods are sold.
9. Divulge information or secrets.
10. An narrative telling the adventures of a hero or a family.
18. A river that rises in northern Colombia and flows generally eastward to the Orinoco in central Venezuela.
19. Source of a tough elastic wood.
21. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
23. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
24. A bluish-white lustrous metallic element.
27. Rapid and indistinct speech.
28. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
29. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
31. Large antelope with lightly spiraled horns of desert regions of North Africa.
32. A long noosed rope used to catch animals.
33. State in northeastern India.
35. Electronic warfare undertaken to insure effective friendly use of the electromagnetic spectrum in spite of the enemy's use of electronic warfare.
36. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
39. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
40. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
43. A physician who is not a specialist but treats all illnesses.
45. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
46. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
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