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1. A unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise one pound of water one degree Fahrenheit at one atmosphere pressure.
4. The universal time coordinated time when a transmission is sent from Earth to a spacecraft or other celestial body.
7. Of a period of maximal use or demand or activity.
11. Take in solid food.
12. 30 to 300 gigahertz.
13. The head of a branch of an organized crime syndicate.
14. A master's degree in business.
15. Consisting of or involving two parts or components usually in pairs.
17. Brief episode in which the brain gets insufficient blood supply.
18. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
20. Conforming to an ultimate standard of perfection or excellence.
22. Any of various units of capacity.
24. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
25. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
27. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
28. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
30. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
32. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
33. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
35. Being ten more than one hundred forty.
39. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
41. An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel.
44. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
45. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
46. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
47. United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters.
48. An enclosed space.
49. Designer drug designed to have the effects of amphetamines (it floods the brain with serotonin) but to avoid the drug laws.
50. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. Area around the altar of a church for the clergy and choir.
2. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
3. A reptile genus of Iguanidae.
4. (Brit) A tough youth of 1950's and 1960's wearing Edwardian style clothes.
5. Syncopated music in duple time for dancing the rumba.
6. A master's degree in fine arts.
7. A small digital computer based on a microprocessor and designed to be used by one person at a time.
8. Someone who consumes food for nourishment.
9. Relating to or having the characteristics of bees.
10. Sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with gray furry ears and coat.
16. Of a pale purple color.
19. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
21. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
23. Divulge information or secrets.
26. A public promotion of some product or service.
29. Bright with a steady but subdued shining.
31. A Bantu language spoken by the Chaga people in northern Tanzania.
34. A small cake leavened with yeast.
35. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
36. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
37. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
38. The arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek.
40. Being one hundred more than two hundred.
42. An American doctorate usually based on at least 3 years graduate study and a dissertation.
43. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
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