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1. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
4. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
7. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
11. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
12. An associate degree in applied science.
13. A French abbot.
14. One of the most common of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
15. A proportion multiplied by 100.
16. A radioactive transuranic element.
17. An alloy of copper and zinc (and sometimes arsenic) used to imitate gold in cheap jewelry and for gilding.
20. Standard time in the 7th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 105th meridian west.
21. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
22. (old-fashioned) At or from or to a great distance.
24. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
26. Ratio of the hypotenuse to the opposite side.
27. A ductile silvery-white ductile ferromagnetic trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
28. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
32. The network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal function.
33. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
36. In bed.
39. The month following January and preceding March.
41. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali metal group.
42. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
43. A genus of Platalea.
45. A complex red organic pigment containing iron and other atoms to which oxygen binds.
48. A federal agency that supervises carriers that transport goods and people between states.
49. Type genus of the Amiidae.
50. Any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes.
51. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
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1. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
2. Of or relating to alga.
3. The length of a straight line passing through the center of a circle and connecting two points on the circumference.
4. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
5. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
6. Standard time in the 5th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 75th meridian.
7. A decree that prohibits something.
8. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
9. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
10. Being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the west when facing north.
18. Divulge information or secrets.
19. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
23. Take something away by force or without the consent of the owner.
25. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
29. An awkward stupid person.
30. A fatal disease of cattle that affects the central nervous system.
31. A populous province in northeastern China.
34. Any plant of the genus Erica.
35. Having the wind against the forward side of the sails.
37. A signal transmitted along a narrow path.
38. Fallow deer.
40. South African term for `boss'.
41. An associate degree in nursing.
44. A resource.
45. A soft silver-white ductile metallic element (liquid at normal temperatures).
46. A public promotion of some product or service.
47. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
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