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1. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
5. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
7. The time during which someone's life continues.
11. Kill intentionally and with premeditation.
12. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
13. A material effigy that is worshipped as a god.
14. A unit of area (4840 square yards) used in English-speaking countries.
15. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
16. A dissolute man in fashionable society.
17. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
20. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
22. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
23. A small nail.
28. Being one hundred more than three hundred.
29. A public promotion of some product or service.
33. A colorless explosive liquid that is volatile and poisonous and foul-smelling.
34. A soft gray ductile metallic element used in alloys.
35. A small island.
37. On a ship, train, plane or other vehicle.
41. (pathology) Tending to become more severe or wider in scope.
44. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
45. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
46. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
47. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
50. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
51. 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.
52. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
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1. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
2. Genus of erect herbs of the Middle East having showy flowers.
3. Made from residue of grapes or apples after pressing.
4. Minor or subordinate.
5. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
6. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
7. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
8. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
9. Fabric comprising a fitted part at the top of a garment.
10. A vehicle mounted on runners and pulled by horses or dogs.
18. The cry made by sheep.
19. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
21. A sultanate in northwestern Borneo.
24. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
25. A small cake leavened with yeast.
26. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
27. A Mid-Atlantic state.
30. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
31. Small buffalo of the Celebes having small straight horns.
32. (used of opinions and actions) Far beyond the norm.
33. Minor or subordinate.
36. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
37. Electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field.
38. A large mass of ice floating at sea.
39. Not widely known.
40. African tree with edible yellow fruit resembling mangos.
42. British informal term.
43. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
48. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
49. A state in northwestern North America.
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