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1. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
4. A member of an agricultural people of southern India.
10. A fatal disease of cattle that affects the central nervous system.
13. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
14. (electronics) Of a circuit or device having an output that is proportional to the input.
15. The upper side of the thighs of a seated person.
16. A vinyl polymer used especially in paints or adhesives.
17. Genus of tropical plants with creeping rootstocks and small umbellate flowers.
19. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
21. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
25. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
28. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
31. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
35. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
36. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
37. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
38. (folklore) A small grotesque supernatural creature that makes trouble for human beings.
41. Inspired by a feeling of fearful wonderment or reverence.
43. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
45. A public promotion of some product or service.
46. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
47. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
49. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
52. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
56. The inner and longer of the two bones of the human forearm.
59. A clique that seeks power usually through intrigue.
61. An inn in some Eastern countries with a large courtyard that provides accommodation for caravans.
63. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
64. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
65. A non-aromatic saturated hydrocarbon with the general formula CnH(2n+2).
67. An accountant certified by the state.
68. A potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry.
69. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
70. God of the earth.
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1. A large mountain system in south-central Europe.
2. Rock that in its molten form (as magma) issues from volcanos.
3. The act of scanning.
4. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
5. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
6. Small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body.
7. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
8. A state of southwestern India.
9. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
10. Divulge information or secrets.
11. A bag made of paper or plastic for holding customer's purchases.
12. An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel.
18. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
20. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
22. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
23. 1/10 gram.
24. A family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southeastern Asia.
26. The sound made by a cat (or any sound resembling this).
27. A French abbot.
29. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
30. A small cake leavened with yeast.
32. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
33. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
34. In bed.
39. A fraudulent business scheme.
40. An important seaport on the Island of Cebu in the Philippines.
42. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
44. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
48. A sharp abrupt noise as if two objects hit together.
50. A strip of land projecting into a body of water.
51. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
53. A town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern Mediterranean.
54. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
55. Type genus of the Ranidae.
57. The back side of the neck.
58. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
60. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
62. A long projecting or anterior elongation of an animal's head.
66. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
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