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1. A hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland.
4. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
8. A mature blood cell that contains hemoglobin to carry oxygen to the bodily tissues.
11. A close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities.
12. Very dark black.
13. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
14. The branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication.
15. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
16. A flock of geese.
18. Being five more than one hundred fifty.
20. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
21. On or toward the lee.
22. 30 to 300 kilohertz.
24. Port city that is the capital and largest city of Latvia.
26. A group of Plains Indians formerly living in what is now North and South Dakota and Nebraska and Kansas and Arkansas and Louisiana and Oklahoma and Texas.
29. A narrow headband or strip of ribbon worn as a headband.
32. Eurasian perennial bulbous herbs.
34. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
35. An emotional response that has been acquired by conditioning.
37. A digital display that uses liquid crystal cells that change reflectivity in an applied electric field.
40. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
45. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
47. Common Indian weaverbird.
49. A public promotion of some product or service.
50. A quantity of no importance.
51. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
53. The phenomenon of resistance to motion through a fluid.
54. (Judaism) Sacred chest where the ancient Hebrews kept the two tablets containing the Ten Commandments.
55. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
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1. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
2. A unit of weight used in east Asia approximately equal to 1.3 ounces.
3. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 100 liters.
4. Lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing wholly or in part.
5. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
6. United States film actor (1899-1957).
7. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
8. A garment (coat or sweater) that has raglan sleeves.
9. A large bundle bound for storage or transport.
10. A member of an Algonquian people living in central Canada.
17. A measuring instrument for measuring and indicating a quantity or for testing conformity with a standard.
19. Large lipoproteins rich in triglycerides.
23. A federally sponsored corporation that insures accounts in national banks and other qualified institutions.
25. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
27. A soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent and univalent) metallic element.
28. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
30. Being nine more than ninety.
31. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
33. A peninsula between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf.
36. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
38. A human female who does housework.
39. An informal term for a father.
41. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
42. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
43. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
44. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
46. A flexible container with a single opening.
48. Noisy talk.
52. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
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