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1. A unit of pressure.
4. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
8. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
11. The 17th letter of the Greek alphabet.
12. An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel.
13. (Norse mythology) One of the Aesir known for his beauty and skill with bow and skis.
14. Being one more than nine.
15. A capacity unit used for measuring fresh herring.
16. One of the most common of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
17. A fraudulent business scheme.
19. The cry made by sheep.
21. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
22. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
23. Alternative names for the body of a human being.
26. Liquid containing proteins and electrolytes including the liquid in blood plasma and interstitial fluid.
27. Jordan's port.
31. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
33. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
35. A public promotion of some product or service.
37. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
38. A short sleep (usually not in bed).
41. A Hindu prince or king in India.
45. 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.
46. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
49. A local computer network for communication between computers.
50. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
51. A light touch or stroke.
52. A sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain.
53. A small cake leavened with yeast.
54. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
55. An associate degree in applied science.
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1. An honorary arts degree.
2. A case or sheath especially a pollen sac or moss capsule.
3. An island northwest of Wales.
4. (of champagne) Moderately dry.
5. An emergency procedure consisting of external cardiac massage and artificial respiration.
6. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
7. Fairly small terrestrial ferns of tropical America.
8. A user interface based on graphics (icons and pictures and menus) instead of text.
9. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
10. Divulge information or secrets.
18. A master's degree in business.
20. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
24. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
25. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
28. A flexible container with a single opening.
29. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
30. A bachelor's degree in religion.
32. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
34. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
36. A religious doctrine that is proclaimed as true without proof.
37. (of champagne) Moderately dry.
39. A quantity of no importance.
40. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
42. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
43. An island in Indonesia south of Borneo.
44. Type genus of the Anatidae.
47. Someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault.
48. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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