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1. (of securities) Not quoted on a stock exchange.
4. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
7. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
11. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
12. A spacecraft that carries astronauts from the command module to the surface of the moon and back.
13. American novelist (1909-1955).
14. Being one hundred more than two hundred.
15. Norwegian mathematician (1802-1829).
16. Imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy.
17. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
19. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
21. A master's degree in library science.
23. A small cake leavened with yeast.
25. The month following July and preceding September.
26. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
27. A United Nations agency that invest directly in companies and guarantees loans to private investors.
34. Evergreen trees and shrubs having oily one-seeded fruits.
37. A member of the Finno-Ugric-speaking people living in eastern European Russia.
39. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
41. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
42. The former capital and 2nd largest city of Brazil.
44. One of the most common of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
45. Bulky grayish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail.
46. A quantity of no importance.
47. An implement used to propel or steer a boat.
48. A bachelor's degree in religion.
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1. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
2. Genus of tropical plants with creeping rootstocks and small umbellate flowers.
3. Counting the number of white and red blood cells and the number of platelets in 1 cubic millimeter of blood.
4. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
5. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
6. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
7. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
8. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
9. Lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing wholly or in part.
10. The battle in 1806 in which Napoleon decisively defeated the Prussians.
18. Inflammation of the urethra of unknown cause.
20. God of death.
22. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
24. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
28. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
29. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
30. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
31. The audible part of a transmitted signal.
32. An ancient city in northern Portugal.
33. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
35. The habitation of wild animals.
36. Very dark black.
38. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
40. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
43. An associate degree in nursing.
44. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
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