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1. A fatal disease of cattle that affects the central nervous system.
4. Line of defense consisting of a barrier of felled or live trees with branches (sharpened or with barbed wire entwined) toward the enemy.
10. A decree that prohibits something.
13. (informal) Of the highest quality.
14. Open to change.
15. How long something has existed.
16. A flexible container with a single opening.
17. Pasture grass of plains of South America and western North America.
18. A long projecting or anterior elongation of an animal's head.
19. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
21. Be a signal for or a symptom of.
24. The Uralic language spoken by the Yeniseian people.
25. On or toward the lee.
27. The sacred city of Lamaism.
30. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
34. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
35. Botswanan statesman who was the first president of Botswana (1921-1980).
36. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
37. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
39. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
40. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
43. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
46. A member of a Turkic people of Uzbekistan and neighboring areas.
49. English psychologist who collaborated with I. A. Richards in designing Basic English (1889-1957).
52. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
56. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
57. The process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid.
58. In no manner.
59. A coenzyme derived from the B vitamin nicotinic acid.
60. The highest level or degree attainable.
61. A family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southeastern Asia.
62. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
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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. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
5. Capable of wounding.
6. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
7. The wood of trees cut and prepared for use as building material.
8. A lake in northwestern Russia.
9. Largest city in Washington.
10. Giant shipworms.
11. American novelist (1909-1955).
12. The compass point that is one point north of northeast.
20. An appearance of reflected light.
22. A law passed by US Congress to prevent employees from being injured or contracting diseases in the course of their employment.
23. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
26. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
28. Block consisting of a thick piece of something.
29. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
31. A diacritical mark (an inverted circumflex) placed above certain letters (such as c) to indicate pronunciation.
32. A unit of weight used in east Asia approximately equal to 1.3 ounces.
33. God of love and erotic desire.
38. Hormone produced early in pregnancy by the placenta.
41. A member of the Nahuatl people who established an empire in Mexico that was overthrown by Cortes in 1519.
42. A list of dishes available at a restaurant.
44. United States pharmacologist (born in Germany) who was the first to show that acetylcholine is produced at the junction between a parasympathetic nerve and a muscle (1873-1961).
45. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
46. The branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication.
47. Any of various aromatic resinous substances used for healing and soothing.
48. King of Saudi Arabia since 1982 (born in 1922).
49. Half the width of an em.
50. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
51. A quantity of no importance.
53. A liquid used for printing or writing or drawing.
54. Extinct flightless bird of New Zealand.
55. A state of southwestern India.
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