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1. A unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise one pound of water one degree Fahrenheit at one atmosphere pressure.
4. A tax on employees and employers that is used to fund the Social Security system.
8. Piece of solid food for dipping in a liquid.
11. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
12. A narcotic that is considered a hard drug.
13. An index of the cost of all goods and services to a typical consumer.
14. A state in northwestern North America.
16. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
17. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
19. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
21. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
22. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
24. Any of various minerals consisting of hydrous silicates of aluminum or potassium etc. that crystallize in forms that allow perfect cleavage into very thin leaves.
30. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
32. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
33. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
35. An associate degree in nursing.
38. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
42. A small cake leavened with yeast.
44. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
46. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
48. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
51. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
52. An informal term for a father.
53. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
54. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
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1. (informal) Very tired.
2. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
3. An ancient city of Sumer located on a former channel of the Euphrates River.
4. A federally chartered savings bank.
5. Made agreeably cold (especially by ice).
6. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
7. How long something has existed.
8. A mark left by the healing of injured tissue.
9. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
10. A linear unit (1/6 inch) used in printing.
15. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
18. The capital and largest city of Ghana with a deep-water port.
20. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
23. Be in accord.
25. A state in midwestern United States.
26. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
27. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
28. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
29. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
31. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
34. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
36. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
37. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
38. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
39. A public promotion of some product or service.
40. A French abbot.
41. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
43. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
45. The cry made by sheep.
47. The part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands.
48. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
49. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
50. A metric unit of volume equal to one tenth of a liter.
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