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1. A flexible container with a single opening.
4. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
8. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
11. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
12. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
13. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
14. Lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing wholly or in part.
15. The compass point that is one point west of due north.
16. A vinyl polymer used especially in paints or adhesives.
17. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
20. A public promotion of some product or service.
22. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
24. Spicy fruit of the cubeb vine.
26. Made agreeably cold (especially by ice).
27. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
30. An informal term for a father.
32. A genus of tropical American plants have sword-shaped leaves and a fleshy compound fruits composed of the fruits of several flowers (such as pineapples).
35. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
37. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
38. Feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and being unable to roar.
42. A fluorocarbon with chlorine.
43. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
45. A nucleotide derived from adenosine that occurs in muscle tissue.
46. (computer science) The part of a computer (a microprocessor chip) that does most of the data processing.
47. A quantity of no importance.
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1. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
2. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
3. A toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion.
4. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
5. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
6. An important seaport on the Island of Cebu in the Philippines.
7. The hole that an anchor rope passes through.
8. The basic unit of electric current adopted under the System International d'Unites.
9. Rock that in its molten form (as magma) issues from volcanos.
10. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
18. Having nine hinged bands of bony plates.
19. Any plant of the genus Erica.
21. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
23. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
25. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
28. Soviet physicist who worked on low temperature physics (1908-1968).
29. Type genus of the Anatidae.
31. At or near or toward the stern of a ship or tail of an airplane.
33. Having the leading position or higher score in a contest.
34. A native-born Israeli.
36. An association of people to promote the welfare of senior citizens.
39. A protocol developed for the internet to get data from one network device to another.
40. Blood cells that engulf and digest bacteria and fungi.
41. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
42. A state in the eastern United States.
44. An associate degree in nursing.
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