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1. Liquid containing proteins and electrolytes including the liquid in blood plasma and interstitial fluid.
4. By bad luck.
8. Standard time in the 6th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 90th meridian.
11. A port in southwestern Scotland.
12. Offering fun and gaiety.
13. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring in the air.
14. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
16. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
17. A local computer network for communication between computers.
18. English essayist (1775-1834).
19. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
21. A city in north-central India.
24. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
25. (informal) Of the highest quality.
26. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
29. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
31. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
35. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
38. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
40. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
41. Not only so, but.
42. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
43. A rich soil consisting of a mixture of sand and clay and decaying organic materials.
44. An easy return of a tennis ball in a high arc.
47. Being six more than fifty.
48. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
49. A set of questions or exercises evaluating skill or knowledge.
50. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
51. Diabetes caused by a relative or absolute deficiency of insulin and characterized by polyuria.
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1. (of pain or sorrow) Made easier to bear.
2. An interval during which a recurring sequence of events occurs.
3. Physically weak.
4. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
5. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
6. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
7. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
8. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
9. A city of central China.
10. The form of RNA that attaches the correct amino acid to the protein chain that is being synthesized at the ribosome of the cell (according to directions coded in the mRNA).
15. The dialect of Malay used as the national language of the Republic of Indonesia or of Malaysia.
20. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
22. Being nine more than ninety.
23. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
27. (trademark) An antacid.
28. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
30. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
32. Garlic mayonnaise.
33. An anti-TNF compound (trade name Arava) that is given orally.
34. (folklore) A corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living.
36. (in Gnosticism) A divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe.
37. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
39. A Hindu prince or king in India.
40. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
45. A toxic nonmetallic element related to sulfur and tellurium.
46. Before noon.
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