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1. The local time at the 0 meridian passing through Greenwich, England.
4. (Roman mythology) Goddess of abundance and fertility.
7. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
11. The residue that remains when something is burned.
12. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
13. A strip of land projecting into a body of water.
14. A piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep.
15. A very light brown.
16. (Irish) The sea personified.
17. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
21. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
23. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
25. (South African) A camp defended by a circular formation of wagons.
29. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
31. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
32. An alloy of copper and zinc (and sometimes arsenic) used to imitate gold in cheap jewelry and for gilding.
35. A heavy brittle metallic element of the platinum group.
36. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
41. A small cake leavened with yeast.
44. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
45. Any of various coarse shrubby plants of the genus Iva with small greenish flowers.
47. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
49. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
50. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
51. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
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1. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
2. One thousandth of a second.
3. A doctor's degree in theology.
4. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
5. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
6. A round shape formed by a series of concentric circles.
7. Being nine more than ninety.
8. A telephone connection.
9. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
10. Queen of the Olympian gods in ancient Greek mythology.
18. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
19. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
20. A ballistic missile that is capable of traveling from one continent to another.
22. Port city of Denmark in eastern Jutland.
24. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
26. The supernatural being conceived as the perfect and omnipotent and omniscient originator and ruler of the universe.
27. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
28. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
30. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
33. An anti-TNF compound (trade name Arava) that is given orally.
34. The cry made by sheep.
37. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for aviation and spaceflight.
38. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
39. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
40. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
42. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
43. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
46. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
48. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
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