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1. (computer science) The part of a computer (a microprocessor chip) that does most of the data processing.
4. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
8. United States musician (born in Japan) who married John Lennon and collaborated with him on recordings (born in 1933).
11. An associate degree in applied science.
12. Two-masted sailing vessel square-rigged on both masts.
13. Worthless or oversimplified ideas.
14. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
16. Hormone released by the hypothalamus that controls the release of thyroid-stimulating hormone from the anterior pituitary.
17. How long something has existed.
18. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
19. A public promotion of some product or service.
21. Relating to or characteristic of the Celts.
24. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
26. The capital of Croatia.
28. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
31. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
32. A flexible container with a single opening.
35. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
38. A light touch or stroke.
41. (informal) Exceptionally good.
42. Filled with fear or apprehension.
44. (computer science) A coding system that incorporates extra parity bits in order to detect errors.
47. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
48. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
49. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
50. An informal term for a father.
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1. (law) A comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy.
2. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
3. North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean.
4. A metallic element of the rare earth group.
5. The products of human creativity.
6. A member of a people of Turkic speech and Mongolian race inhabiting vast regions of central Siberia.
7. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
8. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
9. Medium-sized tree having glossy lanceolate leaves.
10. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
15. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
20. The district occupied entirely by the city of Washington.
22. At or constituting a border or edge.
23. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
25. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
27. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
29. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
30. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
33. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
34. A genus of Pyralidae.
36. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
37. Framework for holding objects.
39. A small cake leavened with yeast.
40. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
43. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
44. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
45. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
46. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
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