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1. A unit of conductance equal to the reciprocal of an ohm.
4. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
8. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
11. Piece of solid food for dipping in a liquid.
12. The basic unit of money in Papua New Guinea.
13. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
14. The organ of sight (`peeper' is an informal term for `eye').
15. The basic unit of money in South Africa.
16. Black tropical American cuckoo.
17. A hidden storage space (for money or provisions or weapons).
19. Freed of dependence on something especially (for mammals) mother's milk.
21. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
22. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
23. A member of a Turkic people of Uzbekistan and neighboring areas.
26. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
28. Strike sharply.
30. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
32. A Mid-Atlantic state.
33. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
34. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
36. A light touch or stroke.
38. The capital and largest city of Mongolia.
41. Of or relating to a member of the Buddhist people inhabiting the Mekong river in Laos and Thailand.
43. A quantity that is added.
46. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
47. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
48. Type genus of the family Ulvaceae.
49. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
50. The cry made by sheep.
51. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
52. Tag the base runner to get him out.
53. The branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication.
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1. One thousandth of a second.
2. Any plant of the genus Hoya having fleshy leaves and usually nectariferous flowers.
3. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
4. Make a high-pitched, screeching noise, as of a door.
5. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
6. (Welsh myth) The other world.
7. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
8. (Hindu) A manner of sitting (as in the practice of Yoga).
9. The brightest star in Cygnus.
10. A member of a seafaring group of North American Indians who lived on the Pacific coast of British Columbia and southwestern Alaska.
18. Thrown together in a pile.
20. A short synopsis.
24. A bluish-white lustrous metallic element.
25. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
27. A flexible container with a single opening.
29. Humorously vulgar.
31. A native of ancient Troy.
35. A small cake leavened with yeast.
37. Largest known toad species.
38. A state in midwestern United States.
39. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
40. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
42. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
44. Any of various coarse shrubby plants of the genus Iva with small greenish flowers.
45. A coenzyme derived from the B vitamin nicotinic acid.
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