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1. The ball-shaped capsule containing the vertebrate eye.
4. An open sore on the back of a horse caused by ill-fitting or badly adjusted saddle.
8. A secret society of white Southerners to resist Black emancipation.
11. The corporate executive responsible for the operations of the firm.
12. A French abbot.
13. Compete for something.
14. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
16. Of or relating to the stomach and intestines.
17. A soft gray ductile metallic element used in alloys.
18. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
19. Genus of sticky herbs with yellow flowers open in morning or evening but closed in bright light.
22. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
23. A legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body.
24. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
25. The mother-in-law of Ruth whose story is told in the Book of Ruth in the Old Testament.
27. The last (12th) month of the year.
29. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
31. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
32. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
39. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
42. The virus that causes acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS).
44. A master's degree in business.
45. 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.
46. Using speech rather than writing.
47. The network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal function.
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1. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
2. A long noosed rope used to catch animals.
3. A former monetary unit in Great Britain.
4. Offering fun and gaiety.
5. A port city in southwestern Iran.
6. 16 ounces.
7. (music) Without breaks between notes.
8. A unit of potential equal to a thousand volts.
9. To some (great or small) extent.
10. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
15. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
20. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
21. (anatomy) Of or relating to the ilium.
26. Any of various minerals consisting of hydrous silicates of aluminum or potassium etc. that crystallize in forms that allow perfect cleavage into very thin leaves.
28. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
30. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
33. Type genus of the Apidae.
34. An island in Indonesia south of Borneo.
35. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
36. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
37. A small cake leavened with yeast.
38. South African term for `boss'.
40. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
41. The rate at which heat is produced by an individual in a resting state.
43. A polyvalent metallic element that resembles chromium and tungsten in its properties.
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