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1. A vacuum tube in which a hot cathode emits a beam of electrons that pass through a high voltage anode and are focused or deflected before hitting a phosphorescent screen.
4. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
8. An elegantly dressed man (often with affected manners).
11. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
12. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
13. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
14. Affect with wonder.
16. United States abolitionist (1786-1865).
18. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
19. A river that rises in central Germany and flows north to join the Elbe River.
22. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
26. A Loloish language.
29. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
31. A radioactive transuranic element.
33. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
34. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
35. A unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns.
37. A major victory by the Romans over the Macedonians in 168 BC.
40. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
43. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
47. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
48. The second largest city in Tunisia.
49. How long something has existed.
50. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
51. Leafless East Indian vine.
52. A flexible container with a single opening.
53. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
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1. Group of people related by blood or marriage.
2. Avatar of Vishnu.
3. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
4. In bed.
5. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
6. Headdress that protects the head from bad weather.
7. By bad luck.
8. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
9. Using speech rather than writing.
10. Something causes misery or death.
15. Strike suddenly and with force.
17. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
20. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
21. 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.
23. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
24. An associate degree in nursing.
25. A small cake leavened with yeast.
27. A hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red blood cells their characteristic color.
28. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
30. An accessory or adjoining anatomical parts or appendages (especially of the embryo).
32. A unit of information equal to 1024 bytes.
36. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
38. A port in western Israel on the Mediterranean.
39. A unit of apothecary weight equal to an eighth of an ounce or to 60 grains.
41. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
42. The sixth month of the civil year.
44. A light touch or stroke.
45. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
46. The quantity contained in a keg.
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