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1. A fatal disease of cattle that affects the central nervous system.
4. Turn into cheese, of milk.
11. A narcotic that is considered a hard drug.
15. (informal) Of the highest quality.
16. The trait of lacking restraint or control.
17. Informal terms for money.
18. A flexible container with a single opening.
19. Identified with a band especially around a leg.
21. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
23. A ridge of sand created by the wind.
24. Lower in esteem.
27. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
29. A resident of Kansas.
32. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
35. Evergreen trees and shrubs having oily one-seeded fruits.
36. British filmmaker (born in Hungary) (1893-1956).
39. An administrative unit of government.
41. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
44. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
46. Warm-blooded vertebrates characterized by mammary glands in the female.
48. A state in the southeastern United States on the Gulf of Mexico.
51. Of or relating to or characteristic of Zaire or its people.
52. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
54. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
55. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
57. A silvery malleable metallic element that resists corrosion.
58. An uproarious party.
59. A small loft or garret.
62. (computer science) A unit for measuring computing power.
67. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
68. Robber flies.
71. A small piece of cloth.
72. Bulky grayish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail.
73. Clamped as in a vise.
74. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
75. An audiotape recording of sound.
76. A naturally occurring weak estrogenic hormone secreted by the mammalian ovary.
77. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
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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. A small tent used as a dressing room beside the sea or a swimming pool.
5. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
6. The region of the shore of a lake or sea or ocean.
7. Give qualities or abilities to.
8. Chief port of Yemen.
9. A genus of delicate ferns belonging to the family Osmundaceae.
10. Half the width of an em.
11. A vehicle resembling a bicycle but having skis instead of wheels.
12. A drug (trade names Calan and Isoptin) used as an oral or parenteral calcium blocker in cases of hypertension or congestive heart failure or angina or migraine.
13. By bad luck.
14. A self-replicating protein molecule that occupies a fixed place on a chromosome.
20. God of death.
22. The seventh month of the civil year.
25. A small flat triangular bone in front of the knee that protects the knee joint.
26. An associate degree in nursing.
28. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
30. Of or relating to alga.
31. A metric unit of weight equal to one thousandth of a kilogram.
33. The ritual placing of a corpse in a grave.
34. Remote city of Kazakhstan that (ostensibly for security reasons) was made the capital in 1998.
37. Portuguese explorer who in 1488 was the first European to get round the Cape of Good Hope (thus establishing a sea route from the Atlantic to Asia) (1450-1500).
38. Type genus of the Soleidae.
40. Of or relating to or characteristic of the Republic of Chad or its people or language.
42. Type genus of the Amiidae.
43. Slender tactile process on the jaws of a fish.
45. Opposed to war.
47. Graceful deciduous shrub or small tree having attractive foliage and small red berries that turn black at maturity and are used for making wine.
49. A beckoning gesture.
50. Cell division in which the nucleus divides into nuclei containing the same number of chromosomes.
53. Deciduous horn of a member of the deer family.
56. Venomous Asiatic and African elapid snakes that can expand the skin of the neck into a hood.
60. A fractional monetary unit of several countries.
61. Cleanse (one's body) with soap and water.
63. An intuitive awareness.
64. Toward the mouth or oral region.
65. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
66. (computer science) A standardized language for the descriptive markup of documents.
69. The United Nations agency concerned with the interests of labor.
70. A loud harsh or strident noise.
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