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1. A fatal disease of cattle that affects the central nervous system.
4. An ancient Greek drinking cup.
11. Situated in or facing or moving toward the east.
15. (informal) Of the highest quality.
16. Genus of tropical American herbs or subshrubs.
17. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
18. A flexible container with a single opening.
19. Spanish priest who founded an order whose members became known as Dominicans or Black Friars (circa 1170-1221).
20. (used of especially horses) Having a brownish coat thickly sprinkled with white or gray.
21. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
23. Prone to communicate confidential information.
25. Explosive consisting of a yellow crystalline compound that is a flammable toxic derivative of toluene.
27. The cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one.
28. A language spoken by a Malaysian people on Formosa.
32. The basic unit of electric current adopted under the System International d'Unites.
35. Of girls or women.
38. A name that has been assumed temporarily.
41. The mission in San Antonio where in 1836 Mexican forces under Santa Anna besieged and massacred American rebels who were fighting to make Texas independent of Mexico.
43. Either of two folds of skin that can be moved to cover or open the eye.
44. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
45. A railroad depot in a theater of operations where military supplies are unloaded for distribution.
47. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
49. Very small silvery eellike schooling fishes that burrow into sandy beaches.
51. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
52. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
57. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
59. A landlocked republic in eastern Africa.
66. An anxiety disorder characterized by chronic free-floating anxiety and such symptoms as tension or sweating or trembling of light-headedness or irritability etc that has lasted for more than six months.
67. A vaguely specified concern.
70. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
71. (Irish) The sea personified.
72. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
74. Interchangeable with `means' in the expression `by dint of'.
75. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
76. A bitter yellow powder used to treat skin diseases.
77. English essayist (1775-1834).
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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. Large genus of tropical subshrubs or herbs some of which yield fibers of mucilaginous substances.
5. Any of several lichens of the genus Parmelia from which reddish brown or purple dyes are made.
6. Of or relating to or characteristic of Yemen or its inhabitants.
7. A unit of pressure.
8. An indirect suggestion.
9. A member of the Uniat Church.
10. An oral beta blocker (trade name Sectral) used in treating hypertension.
11. One of two flaps attached to a cap to keep the ears warm.
12. (botany) Relating to a plant of the family Araceae.
13. The act of scanning.
14. The taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth.
22. A Bantu language.
24. Individual serving of minced e.g. meat or fish in a rich creamy sauce baked in a small pastry mold or timbale shell.
26. A crystalline metallic element not found in nature.
29. Eurasian perennial bulbous herbs.
30. Dwell (archaic).
31. In addition.
33. Of or relating to the Gypsies or their language or culture.
34. (of snakes and eels) Naturally footless.
36. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
37. English monk and scholar (672-735).
39. A pale rose-colored variety of the ruby spinel.
40. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
42. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
46. Of or relating to a seizure or convulsion.
48. German botanist who is generally recognized as founding bacteriology when he recognized bacteria as plants.
50. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
53. Person who does no work.
54. The face or front of a building.
55. A genus of Pyralidae.
56. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
58. A potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry.
60. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
61. Law intended to eradicate organized crime by establishing strong sanctions and forfeiture provisions.
62. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
63. A blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically.
64. (the feminine of raja) A Hindu princess or the wife of a raja.
65. A collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn.
68. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
69. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring in the air.
73. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
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