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1. A unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise one pound of water one degree Fahrenheit at one atmosphere pressure.
4. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
8. (computer science) The rate at which data is transferred (as by a modem).
11. An associate degree in applied science.
12. Not in action or at work.
13. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
14. (informal) Exceptionally good.
16. A light touch or stroke.
17. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
18. An associate degree in nursing.
19. A midnight meeting of witches to practice witchcraft and sorcery.
24. The cry made by sheep.
25. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
27. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
29. A piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep.
30. A tax on employees and employers that is used to fund the Social Security system.
32. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
33. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
38. Relating to the deepest parts of the ocean (below 6000 meters).
41. King of Saudi Arabia since 1982 (born in 1922).
42. Not only so, but.
46. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
47. An easy return of a tennis ball in a high arc.
49. A loud harsh or strident noise.
50. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
51. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
52. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
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1. A small cake leavened with yeast.
2. A mountain lake (especially one formed by glaciers).
3. North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean.
4. Being one more than fifty.
5. A doctor's degree in education.
6. By bad luck.
7. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
8. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
9. A linear unit (1/6 inch) used in printing.
10. A thin strip (wood or metal).
15. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
20. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
21. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
22. A ductile malleable reddish-brown corrosion-resistant diamagnetic metallic element.
23. Type genus of the Amiidae.
26. Being one more than one.
28. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
31. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
34. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
35. (Norse mythology) God of light and peace and noted for his beauty and sweet nature.
36. A major European river carrying more traffic than any other river in the world.
37. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
39. (in Gnosticism) A divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe.
40. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
43. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
44. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
45. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
48. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
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