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1. Standard time in the 6th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 90th meridian.
4. Liquid containing proteins and electrolytes including the liquid in blood plasma and interstitial fluid.
7. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
11. 10 hao equal 1 dong.
12. Perennial herb of East India to Polynesia and Australia cultivated for its large edible root yielding Otaheite arrowroot starch.
13. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
14. A hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers.
15. One who works hard at boring tasks.
16. A master's degree in business.
17. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
20. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
22. North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean.
24. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
25. A lyric poem with complex stanza forms.
32. Any plant of the genus Reseda.
37. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
39. A federation of North American industrial unions that merged with the American Federation of Labor in 1955.
42. (British) Your grandmother.
43. The compass point midway between east and southeast.
44. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
45. Brief episode in which the brain gets insufficient blood supply.
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1. A sharp sound made by small birds or insects v 1.
2. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
3. (physiology) Of or relating to or producing normal tone or tonus in muscles or tissue.
4. An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel.
5. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
6. A sheet or band of fibrous connective tissue separating or binding together muscles and organs etc.
7. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
8. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
9. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
10. By bad luck.
18. The 19th letter of the Greek alphabet.
19. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
21. Informal terms for a mother.
23. (biology) Shed at an early stage of development.
26. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
27. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
28. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
29. Glazed yeast-raised doughnut-shaped roll with hard crust.
30. An island of central Hawaii.
31. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
33. Armor plate that protects the chest.
34. Footwear shaped to fit the foot (below the ankle) with a flexible upper of leather or plastic and a sole and heel of heavier material.
35. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
36. English Pre-Raphaelite painter (1827-1910).
37. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
38. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
40. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
41. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
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