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1. One thousandth of a second.
5. (music) The pace of music measured by the number of beats occurring in 60 seconds.
8. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
11. The highest level or degree attainable.
12. Mature female of mammals of which the male is called `buck'.
13. The cry made by sheep.
14. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
16. Extreme mental retardation.
18. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
21. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
22. A river that rises in northern Colombia and flows generally eastward to the Orinoco in central Venezuela.
23. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
27. German organist and contrapuntist (1685-1750).
30. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
33. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
34. Large Indian antelope.
36. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
40. How long something has existed.
41. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
44. The act of slowing down or falling behind.
45. Meat from a calf.
47. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
48. 4-wheeled motor vehicle.
49. (Sumerian) Water god and god of wisdom.
50. A human limb.
51. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
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1. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
2. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
3. The square of a body of any size of type.
4. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
5. A bachelor's degree in religion.
6. Thick stew made of rice and chicken and small game.
7. Aristocratic Italian family of powerful merchants and bankers who ruled Florence in the 15th century.
8. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
9. A cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment).
10. Common Indian weaverbird.
15. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
17. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
19. Talks a great deal about uninteresting topics.
20. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
24. A hard brittle blue-white multivalent metallic element.
25. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
26. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
28. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
29. An associate degree in applied science.
31. German chemist who did research on high-speed chemical reactions (born in 1927).
32. Offering little or no hope.
33. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
35. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
36. A slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with water.
37. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
38. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
39. A city in northern India.
42. The month following March and preceding May.
43. The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on.
46. Being one more than fifty.
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