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1. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
4. The act of scanning.
8. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
11. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
12. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
13. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
14. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
16. A resource.
18. Informal terms for a mother.
19. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
21. A public promotion of some product or service.
24. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
26. Involving the medulla oblongata.
28. A light touch or stroke.
31. Either extremity of something that has length.
32. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
36. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
43. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
45. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
46. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
47. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
48. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
50. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
51. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
52. A small cake leavened with yeast.
53. Extremely pleasing.
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1. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
2. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
3. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
4. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
5. Being one hundred more than three hundred.
6. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
7. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
8. Before noon.
9. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
10. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
15. European freshwater game fish with a thick spindle-shaped body.
17. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
20. Long green edible beaked pods of the okra plant.
22. An honorary law degree.
23. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
25. A lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood.
27. An organization of independent states to promote international peace and security.
29. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
30. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
33. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
34. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
35. Jordan's port.
37. Tropical Asian starlings.
38. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
39. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
40. Marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly experience.
41. An informal term for a father.
42. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
44. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
49. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
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