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1. The cry made by sheep.
4. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
8. The syllable naming the first (tonic) note of any major scale in solmization.
11. One of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
12. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
13. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
14. To an excessive degree.
15. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
16. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
17. Lake in northwestern Russia near the border with Finland.
20. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
22. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
27. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
29. An informal term for a father.
31. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
32. German mathematician (1804-1851).
40. A kind of heavy jacket (`windcheater' is a British term).
41. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
42. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
43. A tube in which a body fluid circulates.
44. A long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur.
46. A member of a Finnish people living in the northwestern Urals in Russia.
48. The residue that remains when something is burned.
49. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
50. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
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1. A Russian dish made with patties of ground meat (mixed with onions and bread and milk) and served with a sauce of sour cream.
2. Gone by.
3. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
4. A member of an agricultural people in southeastern India.
5. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
6. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
7. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
8. Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods.
9. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
10. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
18. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
19. In bed.
21. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
23. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
24. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
25. A public promotion of some product or service.
26. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
28. South American plant cultivated for its large fragrant trumpet-shaped flowers.
30. An ancient Hebrew unit of capacity equal to 10 baths or 10 ephahs.
33. Type genus of the Anatidae.
34. A piece of metal covered by leather with a flexible handle.
35. A small cake leavened with yeast.
36. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
37. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
38. Fallow deer.
39. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
45. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
47. A doctor's degree in optometry.
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