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1. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
4. A program under which employees regularly accumulate shares and may ultimately assume control of the company.
8. Airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc..
11. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
12. A unit of area (4840 square yards) used in English-speaking countries.
13. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
14. A French abbot.
16. Someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential).
17. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
18. A state in the eastern United States.
19. Nut of any of several trees of the genus Corylus.
21. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
23. Informal terms for a mother.
24. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
27. In bed.
29. (folklore) A corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living.
32. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
33. A federally sponsored corporation that insures accounts in national banks and other qualified institutions.
35. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
36. A purgative made from the leaves of aloe.
40. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
44. Capital and largest city of Iraq.
46. An enzyme that catalyzes the oxidation of many body compounds (e.g., epinephrine and norepinephrine and serotonin).
47. A lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood.
48. The cry made by sheep.
51. The seat within a bishop's diocese where his cathedral is located adv.
52. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
53. A branch of the Tai languages.
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1. An Indian tree of the family Combretaceae that is a source of timber and gum.
2. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
3. A three-year law degree.
4. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
5. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
6. Canadian hockey player (born 1948).
7. Having nine hinged bands of bony plates.
8. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
9. An edilbe seaweed with a mild flavor.
10. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
15. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
20. A unit of electrical resistance equal to the resistance between two points on a conductor when a potential difference of one volt between them produces a current of one ampere.
22. A native-born Israeli.
25. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
26. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
28. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
30. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
31. A kind of person.
34. Type genus of the Aceraceae.
37. Remove with or as if with a ladle.
38. Look at with amorous intentions.
39. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
40. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
41. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
42. A small cake leavened with yeast.
43. An utterance expressing pain or disapproval.
45. A light touch or stroke.
49. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
50. An honorary degree in science.
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