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1. 30 to 300 gigahertz.
4. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
8. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
11. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
12. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
13. (Norse mythology) One of the Aesir known for his beauty and skill with bow and skis.
14. A summary that repeats the substance of a longer discussion.
16. A public promotion of some product or service.
17. One of the most common of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
18. A strategically located monarchy on the southern and eastern coasts of the Arabian Peninsula.
21. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
22. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
26. Small genus of erect balsam-scented herbs.
29. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
30. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
31. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
33. A state in midwestern United States.
37. A small cake leavened with yeast.
43. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
46. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
47. A bachelor's degree in theology.
48. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
49. The cry made by sheep.
50. Grass mowed and cured for use as fodder.
51. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
52. (Judaism) Sacred chest where the ancient Hebrews kept the two tablets containing the Ten Commandments.
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1. A Spanish river.
2. A complex red organic pigment containing iron and other atoms to which oxygen binds.
3. A tax on employees and employers that is used to fund the Social Security system.
4. The basic unit of electric current adopted under the System International d'Unites.
5. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
6. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
7. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
8. A user interface based on graphics (icons and pictures and menus) instead of text.
9. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
10. Divulge information or secrets.
15. Type genus of the Anatidae.
19. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
20. Scratch and scrimp.
23. A small ball with a hole through the middle.
24. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
25. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
27. A monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles.
28. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
32. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
34. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
35. Measuring instrument in which the echo of a pulse of microwave radiation is used to detect and locate distant objects.
36. Offering little or no hope.
38. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
39. Being or befitting or characteristic of an infant.
40. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
41. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
42. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
44. An early form of modern jazz (originating around 1940).
45. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
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