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1. (computer science) A measure of how densely information is packed on a storage medium.
4. A small cake leavened with yeast.
8. A member of a Mayan people of southwestern Guatemala.
11. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
12. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
13. A resource.
14. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
16. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
17. A human limb.
18. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
19. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
24. A dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain.
30. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
31. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
32. A light touch or stroke.
34. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
36. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
40. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
44. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
45. Being two more than fifty.
48. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
49. A hospital unit staffed and equipped to provide intensive care.
51. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
52. A coenzyme derived from the B vitamin nicotinic acid.
53. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
54. Tag the base runner to get him out.
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1. Serving as or forming a base.
2. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
3. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
4. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
5. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
6. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
7. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
8. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
9. A river in northern England that flows southeast through West Yorkshire.
10. Designer drug designed to have the effects of amphetamines (it floods the brain with serotonin) but to avoid the drug laws.
15. (Scottish) Bluish-black or gray-blue.
20. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
21. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
22. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
23. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
25. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
26. A bachelor's degree in religion.
27. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
28. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
29. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
33. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
35. A public promotion of some product or service.
37. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
38. Praise, glorify, or honor.
39. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
41. Chief port of Yemen.
42. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
43. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
46. Being one more than two.
47. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
50. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
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