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1. An ancient Hebrew unit of capacity equal to 10 baths or 10 ephahs.
4. An inhabitant of Lappland.
8. Liquid containing proteins and electrolytes including the liquid in blood plasma and interstitial fluid.
11. The rate at which energy is drawn from a source that produces a flow of electricity in a circuit.
12. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
13. A pass between mountain peaks.
14. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
15. A small ball with a hole through the middle.
16. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
17. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
20. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
22. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
23. A pale rose-colored variety of the ruby spinel.
27. A member of the Siouan people of the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
28. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
31. Divulge information or secrets.
32. Regional and archaic.
34. One of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes.
35. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
42. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
45. An informal term for a father.
46. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
48. German botanist who is generally recognized as founding bacteriology when he recognized bacteria as plants.
49. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
50. A young woman making her debut into society.
51. An informal term for a father.
52. A barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea.
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1. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
2. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
3. A substance produced by the hypothalamus that is capable of accelerating the secretion of a given hormone by the anterior pituitary gland.
4. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
5. (Greek mythology) Greek god of war.
6. Seed of a pea plant.
7. A genus of Ploceidae.
8. A graphical recording of the cardiac cycle produced by an electrocardiograph.
9. A South American shrub whose leaves are chewed by natives of the Andes.
10. Loose or flaccid body fat.
18. Wool of the alpaca.
19. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
21. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
24. A silvery malleable metallic element that resists corrosion.
25. The cry made by sheep.
26. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
29. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
30. A public promotion of some product or service.
33. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
36. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
37. King of Saudi Arabia since 1982 (born in 1922).
38. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
39. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
40. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
41. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
43. An honorary degree in science.
44. Chiefly perennial grasses of cool temperate regions.
47. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
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