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1. A fatal disease of cattle that affects the central nervous system.
4. One thousandth of a second.
8. The syllable naming the first (tonic) note of any major scale in solmization.
11. (informal) Of the highest quality.
12. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
13. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
14. A flexible container with a single opening.
15. Rectangular paving stone with curved top.
16. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
17. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
23. The sixth month of the civil year.
26. A Mid-Atlantic state.
27. A quantity of no importance.
28. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
30. The Mongol people living the the central and eastern parts of Outer Mongolia.
34. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
38. A branch of the Tai languages.
39. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
40. The airforce of Great Britain.
43. A master's degree in business.
44. The 21st letter of the Greek alphabet.
46. Tag the base runner to get him out.
47. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
48. An informal term for a father.
49. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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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 Nilotic language.
5. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
6. Take in solid food.
7. A vacuum tube in which a hot cathode emits a beam of electrons that pass through a high voltage anode and are focused or deflected before hitting a phosphorescent screen.
8. Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods.
9. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
10. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
18. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
19. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
20. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
21. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
22. Related to or located at the back.
24. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
25. A person forced to flee from home or country.
29. An associate degree in applied science.
31. A genus of Lamnidae.
32. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
33. Jordan's port.
35. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
36. The habitation of wild animals.
37. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
38. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
41. A resource.
42. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
45. A public promotion of some product or service.
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