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1. A unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise one pound of water one degree Fahrenheit at one atmosphere pressure.
4. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
8. Of southern Europe.
11. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
12. Type genus of the Ranidae.
13. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
14. A digital display that uses liquid crystal cells that change reflectivity in an applied electric field.
15. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
16. Tag the base runner to get him out.
17. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
19. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
21. Of or relating to or near the sacrum.
24. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
25. A resource.
26. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
30. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
33. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
34. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
36. Not only so, but.
39. The fifth day of the week.
40. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
43. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
44. Any plant of the genus Erica.
46. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
47. Colloquial British abbreviation.
49. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
51. Influential German idealist philosopher (1724-1804).
52. A light touch or stroke.
53. A master's degree in business.
54. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
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1. A pale rose-colored variety of the ruby spinel.
2. Genus of tropical plants with creeping rootstocks and small umbellate flowers.
3. Goddess of fate.
4. The bureau of the Treasury Department responsible for tax collections.
5. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
6. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
7. A state in southeastern India on the Bay of Bengal (south of Andhra Pradesh).
8. God of fire.
9. Singing jazz.
10. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
18. British physicist (born in Austria) who with Lise Meitner recognized that Otto Hahn had produced a new kind of nuclear reaction which they named nuclear fission.
20. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
22. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
23. A public promotion of some product or service.
27. A small cake leavened with yeast.
28. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
29. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
31. The cardinal number that is the sum of three and one.
32. Canna grown especially for its edible rootstock from which arrowroot starch is obtained.
35. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
37. An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel.
38. (in Gnosticism) A divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe.
41. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
42. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
45. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
48. A New England state.
50. Diabetes caused by a relative or absolute deficiency of insulin and characterized by polyuria.
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