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1. A fatal disease of cattle that affects the central nervous system.
4. Smallest merganser and most expert diver.
8. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
11. (informal) Of the highest quality.
12. Rock that in its molten form (as magma) issues from volcanos.
13. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
14. A label made of cardboard or plastic or metal.
15. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
17. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
18. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
22. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
23. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
27. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
30. English aristocrat who was the first wife of Prince Charles.
33. A light touch or stroke.
34. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
35. 1,000,000,000 periods per second.
37. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
39. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
43. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
46. A bachelor's degree in theology.
47. An associate degree in applied science.
48. Offering fun and gaiety.
49. A colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube.
51. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
52. An associate degree in nursing.
53. A hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland that stimulates the adrenal cortex.
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1. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
2. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
3. A graphical record of electrical activity of the brain.
4. The scum formed by oxidation at the surface of molten metals.
5. 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.
6. (Old Testament) Adam's wife in Judeo-Christian mythology.
7. A state in northwestern United States on the Pacific.
8. A public promotion of some product or service.
9. Used as a Hindi courtesy title.
10. By bad luck.
16. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
19. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
20. Fleshy spore-bearing inner mass of e.g. a puffball or stinkhorn.
21. Made agreeably cold (especially by ice).
24. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
25. A boy or man.
26. A small cake leavened with yeast.
28. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
29. Half the width of an em.
31. A city in western Germany near the Dutch and Belgian borders.
32. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
36. Of or relating to or characteristic of the Republic of Chad or its people or language.
38. An inactive volcano in Sicily.
40. Concerning those not members of the clergy.
41. (of molten metal or glass) Formed by pouring or pressing into a mold n 1.
42. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
44. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
45. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
46. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
50. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
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