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1. A doctor's degree in dental surgery.
4. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
8. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
11. Take in solid food.
12. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
13. An ancient Hebrew unit of capacity equal to 10 baths or 10 ephahs.
14. Water frozen in the solid state.
15. A major god.
16. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
17. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
19. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
21. The arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek.
22. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
23. (informal) Subject to accident or chance or change.
26. A lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood.
27. A mature blood cell that contains hemoglobin to carry oxygen to the bodily tissues.
28. Small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body.
34. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
37. Genus of East Indian trees or shrubs.
39. (Judaism) Not conforming to dietary laws.
42. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
43. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
45. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
46. Of a light yellowish-brown color n 1.
47. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
48. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. The form of theological rationalism that believes in God on the basis of reason without reference to revelation.
2. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
3. An advantageous purchase.
4. The basic unit of electric current adopted under the System International d'Unites.
5. A collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn.
6. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
7. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
8. A town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern Mediterranean.
9. United States physiologist (born in Germany) who did research on parthenogenesis (1859-1924).
10. (informal) Exceptionally good.
18. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
20. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
24. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
25. Noisy talk.
29. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
30. An awkward stupid person.
31. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
32. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
33. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
35. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
36. Close-fitting pants of heavy denim for casual wear (usually in the plural).
38. The basic unit of money in Western Samoa.
40. A close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities.
41. British informal term.
44. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
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