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1. Animal reproductive body consisting of an ovum or embryo together with nutritive and protective envelopes.
4. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
8. God of the earth.
11. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
12. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
13. The month following March and preceding May.
14. A bluish shade of green.
16. An anxiety disorder characterized by chronic free-floating anxiety and such symptoms as tension or sweating or trembling of light-headedness or irritability etc that has lasted for more than six months.
17. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
18. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
21. Baby bed with high sides.
23. King of Saudi Arabia since 1982 (born in 1922).
24. A lyric poem with complex stanza forms.
25. How long something has existed.
28. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
29. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
33. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
38. (computer science) The rate at which data is transferred (as by a modem).
39. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
41. The act of slowing down or falling behind.
42. Praise, glorify, or honor.
44. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
46. 4-wheeled motor vehicle.
47. Other than what is under consideration or implied.
48. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
49. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
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1. Informal terms for a meal.
2. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
3. The mother of your father or mother.
4. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
5. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
6. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
7. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
8. Czech novelist who wrote in German about a nightmarish world of isolated and troubled individuals (1883-1924).
9. An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel.
10. A name given to a product or service.
15. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
19. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
20. Regional and archaic.
22. The cry made by sheep.
26. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
27. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
30. Strike with disgust or revulsion.
31. A prophet of the first century.
32. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
34. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
35. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
36. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
37. A city in northern India.
40. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
43. A Mid-Atlantic state.
45. A public promotion of some product or service.
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