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1. The ball-shaped capsule containing the vertebrate eye.
4. A Loloish language.
8. The compass point that is one point south of due east.
11. Perennial herb of East India to Polynesia and Australia cultivated for its large edible root yielding Otaheite arrowroot starch.
12. (archaic or Scottish) Faithful and true.
13. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
14. An inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others.
15. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
16. A reptile genus of Iguanidae.
17. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
19. A state in northwestern North America.
21. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
22. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
26. A member of a Turkic people of Uzbekistan and neighboring areas.
27. The basic monetary unit in many countries.
30. A fine grained mineral having a soft soapy feel and consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate.
31. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
32. An ester of adenosine that is converted to ATP for energy storage.
35. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
36. Manufactured in standard sizes to be shipped and assembled elsewhere.
39. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
43. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
44. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
47. The month following February and preceding April.
48. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
49. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
50. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
51. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on land.
52. An enclosed space.
53. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
54. A unit of information equal to 1024 bytes.
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1. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
2. Port city that is the capital and largest city of Latvia.
3. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
4. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
5. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
6. One who works hard at boring tasks.
7. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
8. Any of various systems of units for measuring electricity and magnetism.
9. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
10. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
18. Stairway in India leading down to a landing on the water.
20. One of two flaps attached to a cap to keep the ears warm.
23. Jordan's port.
24. A radioactive transuranic element.
25. The cry made by sheep.
28. A metric unit of length equal to one billionth of a meter.
29. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
33. A dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage.
34. Wood of a pecan tree.
37. King of Saudi Arabia since 1982 (born in 1922).
38. South African term for `boss'.
40. Type genus of the Amiidae.
41. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
42. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
45. One of the most common of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
46. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
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