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1. A state in the western United States.
5. A polyvalent metallic element that resembles chromium and tungsten in its properties.
7. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
11. (Middle East) An ornamental metal cup-shaped holder for a hot coffee cup.
12. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
13. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
14. A fatal disease of cattle that affects the central nervous system.
16. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
17. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
20. Conforming to truth.
21. Sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with gray furry ears and coat.
25. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
27. The cry made by sheep.
30. A master's degree in business.
35. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
36. (Old Testament) Moses' successor who led the Israelites into the Promised Land.
40. Characteristic of false pride.
44. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
45. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
48. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
49. (statistics) Approximating the statistical norm or average or expected value.
50. Airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc..
51. (informal) `johnny' was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War.
52. A small cake leavened with yeast.
53. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
54. The 19th letter of the Greek alphabet.
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1. A member of a Turkic people of Uzbekistan and neighboring areas.
2. Italian poet who wrote an epic poem about the capture of Jerusalem during the First Crusade (1544-1595).
3. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
4. A gray tetravalent metallic element that resembles zirconium chemically and is found in zirconium minerals.
5. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
6. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
7. The state prevailing during the absence of war.
8. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
9. South African term for `boss'.
10. A platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it.
15. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
18. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
19. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
22. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
23. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
24. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
26. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
28. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
29. A public promotion of some product or service.
31. (computer science) The part of a computer (a microprocessor chip) that does most of the data processing.
32. An informal term for a father.
33. Infectious disease caused by a species of chlamydia bacterium.
34. A republic in West Africa on the Gulf of Guinea.
37. Evergreen trees and shrubs having oily one-seeded fruits.
38. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
39. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
40. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
41. Channel into a new direction.
42. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
43. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
46. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
47. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
48. (informal) Of the highest quality.
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