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1. The act of scanning.
5. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
8. Above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent.
11. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
12. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
13. The residue that remains when something is burned.
14. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
15. Chiefly perennial grasses of cool temperate regions.
16. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
17. Containing or made of or resembling or characteristic of a metal.
19. Antipsychotic drug (trade name Moban) used in the treatment of schizophrenia.
21. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
24. Avatar of Vishnu.
25. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
28. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
29. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
30. Offering fun and gaiety.
32. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
34. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
35. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
36. Having the leading position or higher score in a contest.
38. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
40. A public promotion of some product or service.
42. Bottle that has a narrow neck.
45. The airforce of Great Britain.
47. A rounded thickly curled hairdo.
50. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
51. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
52. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
53. A barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea.
54. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
55. (prefix) In front of or before in space.
56. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. (trademark) A tinned luncheon meat made largely from pork.
2. The work of caring for or attending to someone or something.
3. Lie adjacent to another.
4. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
5. The basic unit of electric current adopted under the System International d'Unites.
6. Of or relating to a member of the Buddhist people inhabiting the Mekong river in Laos and Thailand.
7. A fraudulent business scheme.
8. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
9. Muslims collectively and their civilization.
10. A republic in West Africa on the Gulf of Guinea.
18. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
20. A severe or trying experience.
22. A small cake leavened with yeast.
23. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
26. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
27. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
31. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
33. Earlier in time.
37. (Irish) Chief god of the Tuatha De Danann.
39. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
40. And nothing more.
41. Fallow deer.
42. A member of the military police who polices soldiers and guards prisoners.
43. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
44. God of love and erotic desire.
46. At a great distance in time or space or degree.
48. A device for creating a current of air by movement of a surface or surfaces.
49. Any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse.
50. Before noon.
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