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HB
A hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red blood cells their characteristic color; function primarily to transport oxygen from the lungs to the body tissues; "fish have simpler hemoglobin than mammals"

UX

RE
A rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys; is obtained as a by-product in refining molybdenum

SG
A transuranic element

SA
Nazi militia created by Hitler in 1921 that helped him to power but was eclipsed by the SS after 1943

PD
A silver-white metallic element of the platinum group that resembles platinum; occurs in some copper and nickel ores; does not tarnish at ordinary temperatures and is used (alloyed with gold) in jewelry

TB
A unit of information equal to 1000 gigabits or 10^12 (1,000,000,000,000) bits

NS

CM
A radioactive transuranic metallic element; produced by bombarding plutonium with helium nuclei

UT
A state in the western United States; settled in 1847 by Mormons led by Brigham Young

PU
A solid silvery grey radioactive transuranic element whose atoms can be split when bombarded with neutrons; found in minute quantities in uranium ores but is usually synthesized in nuclear reactors; 13 isotopes are known with the most important being plutonium 239

DI

AV
The eleventh month of the civil year; the fifth month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar (in July and August)

TM
A soft silvery metallic element of the rare earth group; isotope 170 emits X-rays and is used in small portable X-ray machines; it occurs in monazite and apatite and xenotime

JL

FM
A radioactive transuranic metallic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons

BH
A transuranic element

SB
A bachelor's degree in science

ZN
A bluish-white lustrous metallic element; brittle at ordinary temperatures but malleable when heated; used in a wide variety of alloys and in galvanizing iron; it occurs naturally as zinc sulphide in zinc blende

DS
An honorary degree in science

SV

TC
A permanent council of the United Nations that commissions a country (or countries) to undertake the administration of a territory

SM
A master's degree in science

SP

MD
A doctor's degree in medicine

FE
A heavy ductile magnetic metallic element; is silver-white in pure form but readily rusts; used in construction and tools and armament; plays a role in the transport of oxygen by the blood

AQ

HF
3 to 30 megahertz

PM
An examination and dissection of a dead body to determine cause of death or the changes produced by disease

FF

YB
A unit of information equal to 1000 zettabits or 10^24 bits

MN
A midwestern state

IB

ND
A yellow trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs in monazite and bastnasite in association with cerium and lanthanum and praseodymium

CV
A summary of your academic and work history

TL
A soft grey malleable metallic element that resembles tin but discolors on exposure to air; it is highly toxic and is used in rodent and insect poisons; occurs in zinc blende and some iron ores

IE
A commercial browser

NA
A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group; occurs abundantly in natural compounds (especially in salt water); burns with a yellow flame and reacts violently in water; occurs in sea water and in the mineral halite (rock salt)

HG
A heavy silvery toxic univalent and bivalent metallic element; the only metal that is liquid at ordinary temperatures

GD
A ductile silvery-white ductile ferromagnetic trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group

CD
A digitally encoded recording on an optical disk that is smaller than a phonograph record; played back by a laser

BQ

KR
A communist organization formed in Cambodia in 1970; became a terrorist organization in 1975 when it captured Phnom Penh and created a government that killed an estimated three million people; was defeated by Vietnamese troops but remained active until 1999

CI
Being one more than one hundred

EG

AU
A unit of length used for distances within the solar system; equal to the mean distance between the Earth and the Sun (approximately 93 million miles or 150 million kilometers)

RB
A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali metal group; burns in air and reacts violently in water; occurs in carnallite and lepidolite and pollucite

SR
The unit of solid angle adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites

ZR
A lustrous grey strong metallic element resembling titanium; it is used in nuclear reactors as a neutron absorber; it occurs in baddeleyite but is obtained chiefly from zircon

CL
A common nonmetallic element belonging to the halogens; best known as a heavy yellow irritating toxic gas; used to purify water and as a bleaching agent and disinfectant; occurs naturally only as a salt (as in sea water)

DB
A logarithmic unit of sound intensity; 10 times the logarithm of the ratio of the sound intensity to some reference intensity

CU
A ductile malleable reddish-brown corrosion-resistant diamagnetic metallic element; occurs in various minerals but is the only metal that occurs abundantly in large masses; used as an electrical and thermal conductor

PB
A unit of information equal to 1024 tebibytes or 2^50 bytes

SC
A state in the Deep South; one of the original 13 colonies

EU
An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members; "he tried to take Britain into the Europen Union"

NP
A radioactive transuranic metallic element; found in trace amounts in uranium ores; a by-product of the production of plutonium

BV

PP

OB
The branch of medicine dealing with childbirth and care of the mother

QL

LS

NL

NB
A Latin phrase (or its abbreviation) used to indicate that special attention should be paid to something; "the margins of his book were generously supplied with pencilled NBs"

OE

AC
A radioactive element of the actinide series; found in uranium ores

HS
A radioactive transuranic element

OS
A mouth or mouthlike opening

BK
A radioactive transuranic element; discovered by bombarding americium with helium

PT
A heavy precious metallic element; grey-white and resistant to corroding; occurs in some nickel and copper ores and is also found native in some deposits

HA
(astronomy) the angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing; the right ascension for an observer at a particular location and time of day

CF
A radioactive transuranic element; discovered by bombarding curium with alpha particles

AD
A public promotion of some product or service

DD
A doctor's degree in religion

3 letters

ARE
A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters

EGO
An inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others

LLM
An advanced law degree

HIC

AHV

UJD

SIC
Urge to attack someone; "The owner sicked his dogs on the intruders"; "the shaman sics sorcerers on the evil spirits"

MAL

SMM

MEL

IDN

NOM

SUP
Take solid or liquid food into the mouth a little at a time either by drinking or by eating with a spoon

OSP

VIZ

PER

LSD
A powerful hallucinogenic drug manufactured from lysergic acid

DEO

DCH

CHB

TOM
Male turkey

AUC
A terrorist organization in Colombia formed in 1997 as an umbrella for local and regional paramilitary groups; is financed by earnings from narcotics and serves to protect the economic interests of its members; "the AUC conducted over 800 assassinations in one year"

AVE

BIS

TEN
One of four playing cards in a deck with ten pips on the face

AND