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1. God of the earth.
4. A unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise one pound of water one degree Fahrenheit at one atmosphere pressure.
7. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
11. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
12. An associate degree in applied science.
13. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
14. An authoritative direction or instruction to do something.
15. A soft silvery metallic element.
16. Make a plat of.
17. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
19. A state in midwestern United States.
21. How long something has existed.
22. A small cake leavened with yeast.
25. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
26. South American cavy.
29. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
31. A Mid-Atlantic state on the Atlantic.
33. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
35. A Hindu disciple of a swami.
37. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
40. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
44. Before noon.
45. Sandwich filled with slices of bacon and tomato with lettuce.
49. A city in the European part of Russia.
50. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
51. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
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1. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
2. Any plant of the genus Erica.
3. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
4. Common Indian weaverbird.
5. The bill in a restaurant.
6. 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.
7. The basic unit of electric current adopted under the System International d'Unites.
8. A deep bow.
9. A Bantu language spoken by the Chaga people in northern Tanzania.
10. A person who hates.
18. (Scotland) A small loaf or roll of soft bread.
20. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
23. The cry made by sheep.
24. A period of time equal to 1/24th of a day.
27. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
28. Liquid containing proteins and electrolytes including the liquid in blood plasma and interstitial fluid.
30. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
32. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
34. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
36. Consisting of one of two equivalent parts in value or quantity.
37. A public promotion of some product or service.
38. King of Saudi Arabia since 1982 (born in 1922).
39. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
41. A flexible container with a single opening.
42. The residue that remains when something is burned.
43. A beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water.
46. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
47. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
48. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
49. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
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