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1. A lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood.
4. A unit of pressure.
7. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
11. A slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with water.
12. (Roman mythology) Goddess of abundance and fertility.
13. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
14. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
15. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
16. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
17. Fallow deer.
19. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
21. The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on.
22. The act of scanning.
23. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
25. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
26. Unpleasantly stern.
27. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
30. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
32. (Akkadian) Father of the gods and consort of Tiamat.
36. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
38. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
39. A local computer network for communication between computers.
40. Bring to execution.
41. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
42. Used of a single unit or thing.
43. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
46. Any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue.
47. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
48. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
49. A unit of electrical resistance equal to the resistance between two points on a conductor when a potential difference of one volt between them produces a current of one ampere.
50. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
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1. A large number or amount.
2. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
3. Wild or domesticated South American cud-chewing animal related to camels but smaller and lacking a hump.
4. A person active in party politics.
5. Optical instrument consisting of a pair of lenses for correcting defective vision.
6. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
7. A number of sheets of paper fastened together along one edge.
8. The sixth month of the civil year.
9. A small cake leavened with yeast.
10. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
18. Squash bugs.
20. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
24. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
28. Wearing protective mail.
29. An agricultural laborer in Arab countries.
31. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
33. Ancient Athenian philosopher.
34. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
35. Take away the weapons from.
37. The goddess of the moon.
38. A rapid escape (as by criminals).
44. Unknown god.
45. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
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