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1. A fatal disease of cattle that affects the central nervous system.
4. The 13th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
7. In or of the present month.
11. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
12. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
13. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
14. A police officer who investigates crimes.
15. A Hindu prince or king in India.
17. (Scotland) A small loaf or roll of soft bread.
18. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
20. Type genus of the Alaudidae.
22. Fiddler crabs.
24. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
25. The quarter of many North African cities in which the citadel is located.
28. Type genus of the Ardeidae.
32. A French abbot.
33. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
35. The (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb.
36. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
37. A monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles.
38. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
43. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
48. (informal) Roused to anger.
49. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
50. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
51. Used of a single unit or thing.
52. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
53. A light touch or stroke.
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1. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
2. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
3. (computer science) A coding system that incorporates extra parity bits in order to detect errors.
4. 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.
5. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
6. Type genus of the Majidae.
7. The sciences concerned with gathering and manipulating and storing and retrieving and classifying recorded information.
8. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
9. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
10. Thin fibrous bark of the paper mulberry and Pipturus albidus.
16. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
19. A city in northwestern Germany and an important Baltic port.
21. Port city of Denmark in eastern Jutland.
23. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
26. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
27. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
29. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
30. Half the width of an em.
31. A public promotion of some product or service.
34. Roman statesman and philosopher who was and advisor to Nero (circa 4 BC - 65 AD).
39. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
40. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
41. A small cake leavened with yeast.
42. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
44. An association of countries in the western hemisphere.
45. A communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia.
46. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
47. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
48. A public promotion of some product or service.
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