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1. A state-chartered savings bank owned by its depositors and managed by a board of trustees.
4. Experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness.
7. 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.
11. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
12. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
13. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
14. Any thick messy substance.
15. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
16. An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel.
17. Relating to or concerned with a city or densely populated area.
19. An associate degree in applied science.
21. (astronomy) A measure of time defined by Earth's orbital motion.
22. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
24. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
25. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
27. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
29. 30 to 300 kilohertz.
30. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
33. An enclosed space.
36. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
38. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
40. A state in northwestern United States on the Pacific.
41. A small cake leavened with yeast.
45. A bluish shade of green.
46. A resource.
47. The address of a web page on the world wide web.
48. The general activity of selling.
49. The cry made by sheep.
50. A lyric poem with complex stanza forms.
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1. A member of the Moslem dynasty that ruled India until 1857.
2. A number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student's performance).
3. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
4. The act of scanning.
5. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
6. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
7. Conqueror of Gaul and master of Italy (100-44 BC).
8. The basic unit of electric current adopted under the System International d'Unites.
9. The basic unit of money in Thailand.
10. Stairway in India leading down to a landing on the water.
18. Jordan's port.
20. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
23. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
26. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
28. A doctor's degree in dental surgery.
31. Any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia.
32. A clique that seeks power usually through intrigue.
34. A grant made by a law court.
35. A telegram sent abroad.
37. Common Indian weaverbird.
39. An informal term for a father.
42. Used of a single unit or thing.
43. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
44. Two items of the same kind.
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