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1. A fatal disease of cattle that affects the central nervous system.
4. Large snake mackerel with rings like spectacles around its eyes.
11. Group of people related by blood or marriage.
15. (informal) Of the highest quality.
16. The great hall in ancient Persian palaces.
17. A desert in central Asia.
18. A flexible container with a single opening.
19. Acutely insightful and wise.
20. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
21. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
24. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
26. Small ornamental ladies' bag for small articles.
30. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
32. Large genus of erect or climbing prickly shrubs including roses.
33. Gather, as of as crops.
34. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
35. A unit of length equal to one thousandth of an inch.
36. A new trial in which issues already litigated and to which the court has already rendered a verdict or decision are reexamined by the same court.
39. The twelfth month of the civil year.
43. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
44. A rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys.
45. (Norse mythology) Wife of Loki.
49. The part of the eye that contains the iris and ciliary body and choroid.
51. Something (often something deceptively attractive) that catches you unawares.
52. A Buddhist who has attained nirvana.
53. The bureau of the Treasury Department responsible for tax collections.
54. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
59. Derive or receive pleasure from.
61. Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade names Acular and Toradol) that is administered only intramuscularly.
64. The United Nations agency concerned with the interests of labor.
66. A republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
69. Genus of perennial rhizomatous herb of southern and southeastern United States.
71. A tricyclic antidepressant (trade names Imavate and Tofranil) used to treat clinical depression.
73. Extremely pleasing.
74. Relating to or characterized by basidia.
76. Primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needle-like teeth.
77. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
78. The state capital of South Australia.
79. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
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1. A small cake leavened with yeast.
2. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
3. A graphical record of electrical activity of the brain.
4. Freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort.
5. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
6. The federal government of the United States.
7. Unequivocally detestable.
8. Any of various spectacular plants of the genus Laelia having showy flowers in many colors.
9. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
10. Any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse.
11. System of measurement based on centimeters and grams and seconds.
12. Cut off from a whole.
13. A poplar that is widely cultivated in the United States.
14. A rechargeable battery with a nickel cathode and a cadmium anode.
22. An enclosed space.
23. A representation of the Virgin Mary mourning over the dead body of Jesus.
25. Valuable source of caviar and isinglass.
27. German dramatist and poet who developed a style of epic theater (1898-1956).
28. Found along western Atlantic coast.
29. (computer science) A measure of how densely information is packed on a storage medium.
31. Losing color.
37. Large west African tree having large palmately lobed leaves and axillary cymose panicles of small white flowers and one-winged seeds.
38. Property that is leased or rented out or let.
40. Suitable for or suggestive of singing.
41. United States comedian and film actor (1896-1996).
42. A Greek island west of Greece.
46. A colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube.
47. Provide with a canal, as of a city.
48. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
50. An official residence provided by a church for its parson or vicar or rector.
55. Away from the mouth or oral region.
56. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
57. A master's degree in religion.
58. A popular island resort in the Netherlands Antilles.
60. A member of a people who have no permanent home but move about according to the seasons.
62. Rounded like an egg.
63. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
65. Being three more than fifty.
67. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
68. A Chadic language spoken in Chad.
70. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
72. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
75. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
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