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1. United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters.
4. A large number or amount.
8. A state-chartered savings bank owned by its depositors and managed by a board of trustees.
11. A transuranic element.
12. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
13. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
14. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
15. In the Arabian Nights a hero who tells of the fantastic adventures he had in his voyages.
16. A soft gray ductile metallic element used in alloys.
17. The residue that remains when something is burned.
19. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
21. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
23. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
24. The jurisdiction or office of an abbot.
27. A member of a formerly tribal people now living in south central India.
29. A soft silver-white or yellowish metallic element of the alkali metal group.
30. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
38. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
41. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
42. The 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet.
43. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
44. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
45. Headdress that protects the head from bad weather.
46. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
47. Seed vessel having hooks or prickles.
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1. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
2. Squash bugs.
3. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
4. Any of several imperial dynasties of China ruling from 220 to 265 and from 386 to 556.
5. An accessory or adjoining anatomical parts or appendages (especially of the embryo).
6. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
7. Unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech.
8. Destruction of heart tissue resulting from obstruction of the blood supply to the heart muscle.
9. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
10. An imaginary elephant that appears in a series of French books for children.
18. Heal or recover.
20. A small cake leavened with yeast.
22. Lower in esteem.
25. The rate at which heat is produced by an individual in a resting state.
26. Being five more than one hundred fifty.
28. A piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep.
31. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
32. Anything that serves as an enticement.
33. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
34. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
35. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
36. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
37. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
39. An early form of modern jazz (originating around 1940).
40. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
41. A human limb.
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