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1. An ancient Hebrew unit of capacity equal to 10 baths or 10 ephahs.
4. In bed.
8. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
11. 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.
12. A low heavy horsecart without sides.
13. Fiddler crabs.
14. Sound recording consisting of a disc with continuous grooves.
16. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
17. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
18. The 6th letter of the Greek alphabet.
20. A mountain range in western Russia extending from the arctic to the Caspian Sea.
24. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
27. A city in Indonesia.
28. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
30. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
31. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
33. A light touch or stroke.
36. An associate degree in applied science.
41. By bad luck.
43. Being one hundred more than two hundred.
44. An informal term for a father.
45. A collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn.
46. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
48. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
49. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
50. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
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1. Fast-growing East Asian vine having hairy trifoliate leaves and racemes of purple flowers followed by long many-seed hairy pods and tuberous starchy roots.
2. Flexible twig of a willow tree.
3. Follower of Rastafarianism.
4. A public promotion of some product or service.
5. (informal) Exceptionally good.
6. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
7. A usually soluble substance for staining or coloring e.g. fabrics or hair.
8. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
9. Type genus of the Aceraceae.
10. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
15. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
19. A unit of information equal to one million (1,048,576) bytes.
21. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
22. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
23. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
25. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
26. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
29. A substance produced by the hypothalamus that is capable of accelerating the secretion of a given hormone by the anterior pituitary gland.
32. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
33. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
34. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
35. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
37. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
38. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
39. A small cake leavened with yeast.
40. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
42. A guided missile fired from shipboard against an airborne target.
47. A Mid-Atlantic state.
48. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
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