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1. 10 grams.
4. An antidepressant drug that acts by blocking the reuptake of serotonin so that more serotonin is available to act on receptors in the brain.
8. Hormone produced early in pregnancy by the placenta.
11. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
12. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
13. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
14. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
17. A state in northwestern North America.
18. A rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys.
19. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
23. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
25. A public promotion of some product or service.
29. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
34. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
35. A unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns.
37. A piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep.
42. An associate degree in applied science.
44. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
47. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
48. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
50. A boy or man.
51. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
52. The length of a straight line passing through the center of a circle and connecting two points on the circumference.
53. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
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1. Fallow deer.
2. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
3. Primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needle-like teeth.
4. An enclosed space.
5. Made afraid.
6. A state in New England.
7. A state in the Rocky Mountains.
8. Heal or recover.
9. A steep rugged rock or cliff.
10. Offering fun and gaiety.
15. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
16. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
20. 4-wheeled motor vehicle.
21. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
22. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
24. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
26. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
27. 16 ounces.
28. 1/10 gram.
30. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
31. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
32. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
33. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
34. A state in New England.
36. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
37. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
38. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
39. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
40. A small cake leavened with yeast.
41. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
43. Experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness.
45. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
46. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
47. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
49. A ductile silvery-white ductile ferromagnetic trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
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