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1. An insecticide that is also toxic to animals and humans.
4. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
8. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
11. A port in southwestern Scotland.
12. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
13. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
14. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
17. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
18. A port city in southwestern Turkey on the Gulf of Antalya.
19. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
21. Water frozen in the solid state.
28. An unnaturally frenzied or distraught woman.
31. Measuring instrument in which the echo of a pulse of microwave radiation is used to detect and locate distant objects.
34. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
35. An ancient city in Asia Minor that was the site of the Trojan War.
39. Block consisting of a thick piece of something.
43. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
44. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
45. Last or greatest in an indefinitely large series.
46. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
47. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
48. Headdress that protects the head from bad weather.
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1. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
2. Two items of the same kind.
3. Sorting and allocating aid on the basis of need for or likely benefit from medical treatment or food.
4. An informal term for a father.
5. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
6. A small cake leavened with yeast.
7. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
8. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
9. East Indian cereal grass whose seed yield a somewhat bitter flour, a staple in the Orient.
10. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
15. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
16. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
20. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
22. An outlying farm building for storing grain or animal feed and housing farm animals.
23. Before noon.
24. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
25. Informal terms for a mother.
26. A doctor's degree in religion.
27. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
29. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
30. Liquid containing proteins and electrolytes including the liquid in blood plasma and interstitial fluid.
32. Muslim name for God.
33. English aristocrat who was the first wife of Prince Charles.
36. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
37. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
38. The basic unit of money in Thailand.
40. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
41. An informal term for a father.
42. Antibacterial drug (trade name Nydrazid) used to treat tuberculosis.
43. Of or relating to the stomach and intestines.
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