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1. Take in solid food.
4. An informal term for a father.
8. The part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands.
11. Psychoactive substance present in marijuana.
12. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
13. Injured by bites or stings.
14. A period of time spent sleeping.
15. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
16. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
17. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
22. The state prevailing during the absence of war.
25. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
27. A Mid-Atlantic state.
29. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
32. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
35. A doctor's degree in musical arts.
38. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
41. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
42. (prefix) Bad or erroneous or lack of.
45. A member of a Mayan people of southwestern Guatemala.
46. The residue that remains when something is burned.
47. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
48. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. An inactive volcano in Sicily.
2. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
3. A protocol developed for the internet to get data from one network device to another.
4. The occurrence of a change for the worse.
5. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
6. Lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing wholly or in part.
7. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
8. At right angles to the length of a ship or airplane.
9. (Sumerian and Babylonian) A solar deity.
10. An ancient upright stone slab bearing markings.
18. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
19. A light touch or stroke.
20. The cry made by sheep.
21. Sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with gray furry ears and coat.
23. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
24. Sexually transmitted urethritis (usually caused by chlamydia).
26. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
28. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
30. The basic unit of electric current adopted under the System International d'Unites.
31. Tropical tree of Central America and West Indies and Puerto Rico having spikes of white flowers.
33. (Greek mythology) Goddess of discord.
34. A vigorous blow.
36. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
37. Fallow deer.
39. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
40. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
43. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
44. A public promotion of some product or service.
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