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1. A unit of electrical resistance equal to the resistance between two points on a conductor when a potential difference of one volt between them produces a current of one ampere.
4. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
8. Standard time in the 8th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 120th meridian west.
11. Seed of a pea plant.
12. An open receptacle for holding or displaying or serving articles or food.
13. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
14. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
15. An independent group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic languages.
16. The fatty flesh of eel.
17. A steep rugged rock or cliff.
20. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
23. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
27. A small ball with a hole through the middle.
30. The jurisdiction or office of an abbot.
33. (informal) Exceptionally good.
39. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
42. An informal term for a father.
43. Narrow wood or metal or plastic runners used for gliding over snow.
44. German botanist who is generally recognized as founding bacteriology when he recognized bacteria as plants.
45. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
46. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
47. An informal term for a father.
48. A barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea.
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1. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
2. Perceive sound.
3. God of death.
4. A unit of pressure.
5. The phenomenon of resistance to motion through a fluid.
6. An associate degree in applied science.
7. Type genus of the family Myacidae.
8. British politician (1788-1850).
9. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
10. The basic unit of money in Western Samoa.
18. Talks a great deal about uninteresting topics.
19. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
21. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
22. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
24. (used of animals especially a horse) Of a moderate reddish-brown color n 1.
25. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
26. A nonmetallic largely pentavalent heavy volatile corrosive dark brown liquid element belonging to the halogens.
28. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
29. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
31. A restraint used to slow or stop a vehicle.
32. Of or relating to or containing barium.
34. King of Saudi Arabia since 1982 (born in 1922).
35. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
36. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
37. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
38. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
40. An honorary degree in science.
41. Chiefly perennial grasses of cool temperate regions.
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