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1. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
4. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
8. The compass point that is one point south of due east.
11. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
12. (New Testament) The sages who visited Jesus and Mary and Joseph shortly after Jesus was born.
13. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
14. A vinyl polymer used especially in paints or adhesives.
15. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
16. A reptile genus of Iguanidae.
17. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
19. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
21. A public promotion of some product or service.
23. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
25. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
30. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
33. Be going to.
36. Lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing wholly or in part.
37. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
43. 10 hao equal 1 dong.
47. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
48. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
49. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
50. A notable achievement.
51. A light touch or stroke.
52. An informal term for a father.
53. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
54. A unit of information equal to one million (1,048,576) bytes.
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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. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
4. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
5. 10 grams.
6. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
7. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
8. Any of various systems of units for measuring electricity and magnetism.
9. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
10. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
18. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
20. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
22. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
24. A flexible container with a single opening.
26. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
27. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
28. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
29. Being one hundred more than three hundred.
31. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
32. A state in New England.
34. Towards the side away from the wind.
35. A landlocked republic in eastern Africa.
38. A small cake leavened with yeast.
39. King of Saudi Arabia since 1982 (born in 1922).
40. A Gaelic-speaking Celt in Ireland or Scotland or the Isle of Man.
41. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
42. A quantity of no importance.
44. The executive agency that advises the President on the federal budget.
45. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
46. The cry made by sheep.
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