Weights & Measures

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1 an acre 14x

2 an inch 12x

3 a cubit 12x

4 a ton 10x

5 a barrel 9x

6 a mile 8x

7 a ream 8x

8 a nautical mile 8x

9 a yard 8x

10 a liter 8x

11 avoirdupois 7x

12 troy 7x

13 a meter 7x

14 a fathom 7x

15 a carat 7x

16 decibels 6x

17 Celsius 6x

18 acres 6x

19 a pinch 6x

20 a furlong 6x

21 a bushel 6x

22 a bolt 6x

23 a league 6x

24 a hand 6x

25 degrees 5x

26 a quart 5x

27 a kilogram 5x

28 a cord 5x

29 a horsepower 5x

30 a hectare 5x

31 paper 4x

32 a magnum 4x

33 a link 4x

34 a foot 4x

35 12 4x

36 a parsec 4x

37 a rod 4x

38 the lungs 3x

39 sugar 3x

40 miles 3x

41 liters 3x

42 kelvin 3x

43 feet 3x

44 Fahrenheit 3x

45 a stone 3x

46 a pound 3x

47 a nanosecond 3x

48 a lot 3x

49 a jigger 3x

50 a hogshead 3x

Sample Clues

Time to work the back 640 of these; that's equal to one square mile, so hop to it

an acre

In medieval England it equaled the length of 3 grains of barley

an inch

The bed of the biblical giant Og: 9 of these units long—a building elsewhere in the Bible is only 6 of them wide

a cubit

In Great Britain a "long" one of these is equal to 2,240 pounds

a ton

( Cheryl of the Clue Crew stands in front of an oil pumpjack in Oklahoma City.) The pumpjack has to pump 42 gallons of oil out of the ground to equal one of these units

a barrel

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Other 591

an acre (13) an inch (11) a cubit (10) a ton (10) a barrel (9) a mile (7) a liter (7) a nautical mile (7) a fathom (7) Celsius (7)

Chemistry / Elements 125

a lot (3) a nanosecond (3) the hand (2) pack (2) sugar (2) trillion (2) 6 billion (2) a teraflop (2) a kilowatt-hour (2) acres (2)

Biology / Animals 66

a ream (7) paper (4) a swarm (2) a jug (2) Jumbo (2) 90 (2) a yard (2) a keg (2) a sextant (2) a clutch (1)

Math / Physics 66

a pinch (5) the joule (2) a hogshead (2) Hertz (2) the lungs (2) Olympiad (1) a tablespoon (1) a mound (1) heavy (1) a shot put (1)

Astronomy / Space 32

a light year (2) distance from the earth to the sun (2) distance (2) the Moon (2) a parsec (2) Titanic (1) magnitude (1) millimeters (1) the altitude of the sun (1) barometer (1)

Earth Science 11

atmospheres (2) tornadoes (1) T.S. Eliot (1) the Richter scale (1) the Mohs scale (1) relative humidity (1) air pressure (1) decibel scale (1) ocean depth/depth of water (1) a hurricane (1)

Botany / Plants 7

Carat (2) a clump (1) a white oak (1) blocks (1) Louisiana (1) carob (1)

Medicine / Health 4

the spine (1) the lungs (1) Kilometers (1) X-rays (1)