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1. The vessel that contains the seeds of a plant (not the seeds themselves).
4. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
8. The rate at which red blood cells settle out in a tube of blood under standardized conditions.
11. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
12. A United Nations agency created to assist developing nations by loans guaranteed by member governments.
13. European strong-scented perennial herb with gray-green bitter-tasting leaves.
14. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
16. God of love and erotic desire.
17. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
20. Tastelessness by virtue of being cheap and vulgar.
21. A lawman concerned with narcotics violations.
22. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring in the air.
23. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
24. Panel forming the lower part of an interior wall when it is finished differently from the rest.
25. A major waterfall in southern Africa.
28. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
29. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
32. The cry made by sheep.
35. Prolific Spanish playwright (1562-1635).
38. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
39. Animal reproductive body consisting of an ovum or embryo together with nutritive and protective envelopes.
41. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
42. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
44. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
45. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
46. Any of various small biting flies.
47. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
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1. Large dark brown North American arboreal carnivorous mammal.
2. Lake in northwestern Russia near the border with Finland.
3. Bar temporarily.
4. Horny projecting mouth of a bird.
5. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
6. A genus of Sylviidae.
7. A public promotion of some product or service.
8. (Greek mythology) The Muse of lyric and love poetry.
9. Wood of a sumac.
10. A long noosed rope used to catch animals.
15. Constructed with or in the form of an arch or arches.
18. An informal term for a father.
19. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
26. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
27. United States swimmer who in 1926 became the first woman to swim the English Channel (1903- ).
30. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
31. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
33. (in Gnosticism) A divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe.
34. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
36. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
37. The sixth month of the civil year.
40. (slang) A gangster's pistol.
43. 1/10 gram.
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