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1. (music) The pace of music measured by the number of beats occurring in 60 seconds.
4. In bed.
8. An ester of adenosine that is converted to ATP for energy storage.
11. An awkward stupid person.
12. An informal term for a father.
13. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
14. A fraudulent business scheme.
16. Nut of any of several trees of the genus Corylus.
17. To make a mistake or be incorrect.
18. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
19. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
21. A state in northwestern North America.
23. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
25. (used of count nouns) Every one considered individually.
27. The hair growing on the lower part of a man's face.
30. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
31. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
33. Of or relating to or containing barium.
35. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
38. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
43. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
44. Estrangement from god.
46. A bachelor's degree in theology.
49. Grass mowed and cured for use as fodder.
50. An associate degree in applied science.
51. Divulge information or secrets.
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1. Greenish-yellow pear.
2. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
3. A master's degree in fine arts.
4. A public promotion of some product or service.
5. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
6. The capital and largest city of Japan.
7. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
8. (informal) Of the highest quality.
9. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
10. Cause to wither or parch from exposure to heat.
15. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
20. The capital and chief port of Qatar.
22. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
24. Tag the base runner to get him out.
26. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
28. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
29. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
32. A Japanese woman trained to entertain men with conversation and singing and dancing.
34. A heavy ductile magnetic metallic element.
36. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
37. Being or befitting or characteristic of an infant.
39. Portuguese explorer who in 1488 was the first European to get round the Cape of Good Hope (thus establishing a sea route from the Atlantic to Asia) (1450-1500).
40. An associate degree in nursing.
41. A small cake leavened with yeast.
42. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
45. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
47. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
48. A unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns.
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