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1. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
5. An acute febrile highly contagious viral disease.
8. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
11. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
12. A decree that prohibits something.
13. To make a mistake or be incorrect.
14. A town in Hawaii on the island of Hawaii.
15. A federal agency that supervises carriers that transport goods and people between states.
16. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
17. A public promotion of some product or service.
18. A bachelor's degree in religion.
19. 16 ounces.
21. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
22. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
27. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
28. The basic unit of electric current adopted under the System International d'Unites.
29. (informal) Of the highest quality.
32. (computer science) A coding system that incorporates extra parity bits in order to detect errors.
35. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
37. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
38. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
43. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
49. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
50. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
51. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
52. An informal term for a father.
53. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
54. The 19th letter of the Greek alphabet.
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1. The ninth month of the Hindu calendar.
2. A member of a seafaring group of North American Indians who lived on the Pacific coast of British Columbia and southwestern Alaska.
3. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
4. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
5. The law enforcement agency in the Justice Department.
6. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
7. Remove the clip from.
8. A human limb.
9. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
10. (informal) Exceptionally good.
20. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
23. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
24. Tag the base runner to get him out.
25. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
26. An informal term for a father.
30. Being one hundred more than three hundred.
31. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
33. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
34. Liquid containing proteins and electrolytes including the liquid in blood plasma and interstitial fluid.
36. A heavy brittle diamagnetic trivalent metallic element (resembles arsenic and antimony chemically).
39. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
40. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
41. A small cake leavened with yeast.
42. Used as a Hindi courtesy title.
44. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
45. A master's degree in business.
46. Counting the number of white and red blood cells and the number of platelets in 1 cubic millimeter of blood.
47. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
48. The money risked on a gamble.
49. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
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