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1. Loose or flaccid body fat.
5. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
7. One of the two main branches of orthodox Islam.
11. A bluish shade of green.
12. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
13. 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.
14. Queen of the Olympian gods in ancient Greek mythology.
15. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
16. The 16th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
17. A form of address for a man.
18. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
21. A complete metric system of units of measurement for scientists.
23. The use of bacteria or viruses of toxins to destroy men and animals or food.
25. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
31. Any of a group of heavenly spirits under the god Anu.
32. An unfledged or nestling hawk.
33. A commercial leavening agent containing yeast cells.
35. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
36. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
37. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
42. The rate at which heat is produced by an individual in a resting state.
46. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
47. The airforce of Great Britain.
49. Genus of prickly shrubs and small trees of the Caribbean region.
50. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
51. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
52. British artist and writer of nonsense verse (1812-1888).
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1. A linear unit of measurement (equal to 6 feet) for water depth.
2. A facial expression of contempt or scorn.
3. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
4. Divulge information or secrets.
5. Hinge joint between the forearm and upper arm and the corresponding joint in the forelimb of a quadruped.
6. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
7. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
8. Grass mowed and cured for use as fodder.
9. Wading birds of warm regions having long slender down-curved bills.
10. God of fire.
19. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
20. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
22. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
24. A secret agent hired by a state to obtain (military) information about its enemies or by a business to obtain industrial secrets from competitors.
26. (computer science) A standardized language for the descriptive markup of documents.
27. (Norse mythology) Wife of Thor and guardian of the home.
28. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
29. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
30. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
34. (used of persons or the military) Characterized by having or bearing arms.
35. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
38. A rounded thickly curled hairdo.
39. A unit of area (4840 square yards) used in English-speaking countries.
40. Common Indian weaverbird.
41. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
43. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
44. A master's degree in fine arts.
45. Any of various units of capacity.
48. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
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