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1. The local time at the 0 meridian passing through Greenwich, England.
4. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
8. A doctor's degree in dental surgery.
11. An association of countries in the western hemisphere.
12. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
13. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity equal to 10 decibels.
14. A lizard of the family Agamidae.
16. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
18. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
19. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
21. A television system that has more than the usual number of lines per frame so its pictures show more detail.
23. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
24. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
26. A bachelor's degree in theology.
29. The capital of Croatia.
30. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
33. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
36. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
38. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
41. The (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb.
43. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
45. An informal term for a father.
48. Any of various coarse shrubby plants of the genus Iva with small greenish flowers.
49. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
50. Advanced in years.
51. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
52. A flexible container with a single opening.
53. No longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life.
54. Brief episode in which the brain gets insufficient blood supply.
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1. A pointed instrument used to prod into motion.
2. (New Testament) The sages who visited Jesus and Mary and Joseph shortly after Jesus was born.
3. A male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917).
4. An agency of the United Nations responsible for programs to aid education and the health of children and mothers in developing countries.
5. An anxiety disorder characterized by chronic free-floating anxiety and such symptoms as tension or sweating or trembling of light-headedness or irritability etc that has lasted for more than six months.
6. A long-playing phonograph record.
7. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
8. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
9. The state of owing money.
10. Speaking a Slavic language.
15. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
17. The dialect of Albanian spoken in northern Albania and Yugoslavia.
20. An ancient Egyptian city on the west bank of the Nile opposite Cairo.
22. Any of a group of Indic languages spoken in Kashmir and eastern Afghanistan and northern Pakistan.
25. An association of people to promote the welfare of senior citizens.
27. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
28. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
31. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
32. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
34. A brief stanza concluding certain forms of poetry.
35. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
37. A small cake leavened with yeast.
39. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
40. The content of cognition.
42. Channel into a new direction.
44. A humorous anecdote or remark.
46. How long something has existed.
47. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
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