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1. In or relating to or obtained from urine.
5. A substance produced by the hypothalamus that is capable of accelerating the secretion of a given hormone by the anterior pituitary gland.
7. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
11. (Middle East) An ornamental metal cup-shaped holder for a hot coffee cup.
12. A public promotion of some product or service.
13. A landlocked republic in northwestern Africa.
14. A unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise one pound of water one degree Fahrenheit at one atmosphere pressure.
16. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
17. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
18. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
20. Sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with gray furry ears and coat.
22. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
27. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
31. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
32. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
34. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
35. A short sleep (usually not in bed).
38. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
42. 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.
43. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
46. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
47. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
48. A light touch or stroke.
49. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
50. A small cake leavened with yeast.
51. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
52. A young woman making her debut into society.
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1. A member of a Turkic people of Uzbekistan and neighboring areas.
2. The relative magnitudes of two quantities (usually expressed as a quotient).
3. A Dravidian language closely related to Tamil that is spoken in a hilly section of southwestern India.
4. A radioactive transuranic element.
5. Type genus of the Ranidae.
6. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
7. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
8. A member of an agricultural people of southern India.
9. Group of people related by blood or marriage.
10. Large genus of tropical subshrubs or herbs some of which yield fibers of mucilaginous substances.
15. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
19. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
21. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
23. The district occupied entirely by the city of Washington.
24. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
25. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
26. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
28. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
29. An edge tool used to cut and shape wood.
30. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
33. A religious doctrine that is proclaimed as true without proof.
36. A quantity of no importance.
37. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
38. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
39. Set down according to a plan.
40. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
41. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
44. Someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault.
45. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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