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1. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
4. Any of various units of capacity.
7. A port city on the Caspian Sea that is the capital of Azerbaijan and an important center for oil production.
11. The use of nuclear magnetic resonance of protons to produce proton density images.
12. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
13. A river that rises in northeastern Turkey (near the source of the Euphrates) and flows generally eastward through Armenia to the Caspian Sea.
14. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
15. Look at with amorous intentions.
17. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
18. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
20. Small and light boat.
22. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
24. 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.
25. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
28. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
29. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
31. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
34. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
36. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
37. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
39. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
40. A short labored intake of breath with the mouth open.
43. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
48. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
49. A port in southwestern Scotland.
51. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
52. In or of the month preceding the present one.
53. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
54. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. Type genus of the Amiidae.
2. (informal) Exceptionally good.
3. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
4. Having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other.
5. Capital and largest city of Iraq.
6. A lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood.
7. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
8. A particular environment or walk of life.
9. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
10. A member of a Turkic people of Uzbekistan and neighboring areas.
16. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
19. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
21. (informal) Of the highest quality.
23. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
26. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
27. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
30. A light touch or stroke.
32. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
33. A Bantu language spoken by the Chaga people in northern Tanzania.
35. An anxiety disorder characterized by chronic free-floating anxiety and such symptoms as tension or sweating or trembling of light-headedness or irritability etc that has lasted for more than six months.
38. Any group or radical of the form RCO- where R is an organic group.
39. A state in midwestern United States.
41. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
42. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
44. The products of human creativity.
45. The cry made by sheep.
46. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
47. United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters.
50. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
51. An informal term for a father.
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