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1. A quantity of no importance.
5. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
8. Perennial herb of East India to Polynesia and Australia cultivated for its large edible root yielding Otaheite arrowroot starch.
11. A British peer ranking below a Marquess and above a Viscount.
12. Someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential).
13. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
14. A steep rugged rock or cliff.
15. An enclosed space.
16. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
17. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
20. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
21. Liquid containing proteins and electrolytes including the liquid in blood plasma and interstitial fluid.
24. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
30. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
33. Water frozen in the solid state.
34. An informal term for a father.
36. An associate degree in nursing.
43. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
46. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
47. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
49. A form of address for a married woman.
50. A light touch or stroke.
51. Consisting of or involving two parts or components usually in pairs.
52. Take in solid food.
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1. The part of an organism that connects the head to the rest of the body.
2. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
3. Lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise.
4. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
5. An associate degree in applied science.
6. (informal) Exceptionally good.
7. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
8. A unit of force equal to the force that imparts an acceleration of 1 foot/sec/sec to a mass of 1 pound.
9. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
10. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
18. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
19. Being one hundred more than two hundred.
22. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
23. The 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet.
25. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
26. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
27. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
28. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
29. A brittle silver-white metalloid element that is related to selenium and sulfur.
31. A small cake leavened with yeast.
32. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
35. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
37. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
38. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
39. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
40. Informal terms for a (young) woman.
41. A city in northern India.
42. American political cartoonist (1840-1902).
44. The bill in a restaurant.
45. An informal debt instrument.
46. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
48. A doctor's degree in religion.
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