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1. A fatal disease of cattle that affects the central nervous system.
4. part of the peritoneum attached to the stomach and to the colon and covering the intestines.
8. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
11. An associate degree in applied science.
12. Stable gear consisting of either of two curved supports that are attached to the collar of a draft horse and that hold the traces.
13. Beyond or deviating from the usual or expected.
14. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
17. Hungarian choreographer who developed Labanotation (1879-1958).
19. A Hindu prince or king in India.
20. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
21. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
22. Nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate.
24. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
27. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
28. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
30. Injure or wound seriously and leave permanent disfiguration or mutilation.
33. United States writer of poems and plays about racial conflict (born in 1934).
37. A family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southeastern Asia.
41. Having a specified kind of border or edge.
42. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
43. Common Indian weaverbird.
46. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
47. A digital display that uses liquid crystal cells that change reflectivity in an applied electric field.
48. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
50. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
51. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
52. A small cake leavened with yeast.
53. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
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1. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
2. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
3. A radioactive transuranic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons.
4. Thorny shrub or small tree common in central Argentina having small orange or yellow flowers followed by edible berries.
5. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
6. A slight rounded elevation where the malleus attaches to the eardrum.
7. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
8. The capital and largest city of Mongolia.
9. Tough Asiatic grass whose culms are used for ropes and baskets.
10. Type genus of the Amiidae.
15. A flexible container with a single opening.
16. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
18. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
23. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
25. Before noon.
26. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
29. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
31. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
32. A machine-readable version of a standard dictionary.
34. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
35. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
36. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
38. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
39. An informal term for a father.
40. A United Nations agency created to assist developing nations by loans guaranteed by member governments.
41. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
44. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
45. Noisy talk.
49. A Russian river.
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