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1. Wet spongy ground of decomposing vegetation.
4. The rate at which heat is produced by an individual in a resting state.
7. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
11. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
12. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
13. God of love and erotic desire.
14. An affirmative.
15. A flexible container with a single opening.
16. Slightly open.
17. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
20. A hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red blood cells their characteristic color.
25. Dearly loved.
27. A knockout declared by the referee who judges one boxer unable to continue.
28. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
31. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
33. The cry made by sheep.
34. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
35. A light touch or stroke.
42. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
45. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
47. A collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn.
48. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
49. An island in Indonesia south of Borneo.
50. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
51. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
52. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
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1. Common Indian weaverbird.
2. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
3. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
4. A small cake leavened with yeast.
5. A master's degree in business.
6. A small piece of cloth.
7. Jordan's port.
8. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
9. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
10. An aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect.
18. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
19. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
21. United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters.
22. A thrusting blow with a knife.
23. A monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles.
24. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
26. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
29. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
30. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
32. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
36. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
37. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
38. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
39. A Hindu prince or king in India.
40. (Polynesian) An alcoholic drink made from the aromatic roots of the kava shrub.
41. The sixth month of the civil year.
43. A decree that prohibits something.
44. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
46. 10 grams.
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