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1. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
5. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
7. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
11. (Welsh) A warrior god.
12. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
13. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
14. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
16. One of a pair of long straps (usually connected to the bit or the headpiece) used to control a horse.
17. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
20. The compass point midway between south and southeast.
24. Offspring of a male tiger and a female lion.
26. The capital of Croatia.
27. The 11th letter of the Greek alphabet.
29. A soft silver-white ductile metallic element (liquid at normal temperatures).
30. An associate degree in applied science.
34. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
38. One-thousandth of an equivalent.
39. An association of countries in the western hemisphere.
43. The law enforcement agency in the Justice Department.
44. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
45. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
46. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
47. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
48. A small cake leavened with yeast.
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1. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
2. Divulge information or secrets.
3. An awkward and inexperienced youth.
4. A state in north central United States.
5. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
6. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
7. The month following March and preceding May.
8. Conqueror of Gaul and master of Italy (100-44 BC).
9. Wading birds of warm regions having long slender down-curved bills.
10. A native or inhabitant of Denmark.
15. Port city on Atlantic coast.
18. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
19. Free from disturbance.
21. One of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
22. The azimuth of a celestial body is the angle between the vertical plane containing it and the plane of the meridian.
23. System of measurement based on centimeters and grams and seconds.
25. A state in midwestern United States.
28. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
31. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
32. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
33. Jordan's port.
35. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
36. The largest continent with 60% of the earth's population.
37. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
40. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
41. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
42. A light touch or stroke.
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