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1. Any of various trees of the genus Ulmus.
4. A measured portion of medicine taken at any one time.
8. The basic unit of electric current adopted under the System International d'Unites.
11. Seed of a pea plant.
12. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
13. United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters.
14. German chemist who was co-discoverer with Lise Meitner of nuclear fission (1879-1968).
16. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
18. Jordan's port.
20. Mature female of mammals of which the male is called `buck'.
22. An associate degree in nursing.
23. Liquid containing proteins and electrolytes including the liquid in blood plasma and interstitial fluid.
24. A close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities.
26. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
29. The principles of right and wrong that are accepted by an individual or a social group.
30. A small cake leavened with yeast.
33. 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.
37. A public promotion of some product or service.
41. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
45. United States lawyer and politician who formulated a production code that prescribed the moral content of United states films from 1930 to 1966 (1879-1954).
46. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
47. (computer science) A coding system that incorporates extra parity bits in order to detect errors.
48. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
49. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
50. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
51. A cord fastened around the neck with an ornamental clasp and worn as a necktie.
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1. An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel.
2. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
3. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
4. A person forced to flee from home or country.
5. An awkward stupid person.
6. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
7. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
8. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
9. Type genus of the Majidae.
10. A series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished.
15. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
17. A long noosed rope used to catch animals.
19. (informal) Of the highest quality.
21. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
25. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
27. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
28. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
31. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
32. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
34. The mission in San Antonio where in 1836 Mexican forces under Santa Anna besieged and massacred American rebels who were fighting to make Texas independent of Mexico.
35. The basic unit of money in Saudi Arabia.
36. Boiled or baked buckwheat.
38. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
39. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
40. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
41. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
42. A doctor's degree in dental medicine.
43. Any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species.
44. A legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body.
45. A public promotion of some product or service.
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