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1. (computer science) A coding system that incorporates extra parity bits in order to detect errors.
4. In bed.
8. Standard time in the 8th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 120th meridian west.
11. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
12. (British) An open river valley (in a hilly area).
13. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
14. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
16. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
17. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
18. Manufactured in standard sizes to be shipped and assembled elsewhere.
20. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
22. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
23. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
24. The sound made by corvine birds.
26. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
29. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
30. Wood of a sumac.
32. An informal term for a father.
34. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
35. Of or relating to a directionless magnitude.
38. (Brit) A tough youth of 1950's and 1960's wearing Edwardian style clothes.
40. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
41. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
42. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
46. (Judaism) Sacred chest where the ancient Hebrews kept the two tablets containing the Ten Commandments.
49. 100 lwei equal 1 kwanza.
50. European strong-scented perennial herb with gray-green bitter-tasting leaves.
51. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
52. Food for domestic livestock.
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1. Run away secretly with one's beloved.
2. United States film maker (1897-1991).
3. A cry or shout of approval.
4. A public promotion of some product or service.
5. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
6. Large northern deer with enormous flattened antlers in the male.
7. Made of fir or pine.
8. Dish baked in pastry-lined pan often with a pastry top.
9. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
10. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
15. A radioactive transuranic element.
19. Any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia.
21. A member of a seafaring group of North American Indians who lived on the Pacific coast of British Columbia and southwestern Alaska.
25. A large number or amount.
27. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
28. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
31. Large bamboo having thick-walled culms.
33. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
36. Be in accord.
37. Marked by excessive enthusiasm for and intense devotion to a cause or idea.
39. A very light brown.
43. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
44. 3 to 30 kilohertz.
45. A member of a people living in southern Benin and Togo and southeastern Ghana.
46. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
47. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
48. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
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