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1. A fatal disease of cattle that affects the central nervous system.
4. A Gaelic-speaking Celt in Ireland or Scotland or the Isle of Man.
8. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
11. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
12. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
13. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
14. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
16. A ballistic missile that is capable of traveling from one continent to another.
18. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
19. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
21. Lower in esteem.
23. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
26. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
27. (informal) Of the highest quality.
28. A United Nations agency that invest directly in companies and guarantees loans to private investors.
30. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
33. The part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands.
36. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
40. A motley assortment of things.
42. No longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life.
43. Transient cessation of respiration.
45. Lacking sufficient water or rainfall.
46. Dish baked in pastry-lined pan often with a pastry top.
47. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
50. A strong emotion.
51. A branch of the Tai languages.
52. Very dark black.
53. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
54. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
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1. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
2. A fencing sword with a v-shaped blade and a slightly curved handle.
3. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
4. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
5. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
6. (computer science) A coding system that incorporates extra parity bits in order to detect errors.
7. Hungarian choreographer who developed Labanotation (1879-1958).
8. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances.
9. By bad luck.
10. Small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body.
15. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
17. A master's degree in business.
20. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
22. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
24. The cry made by sheep.
25. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
29. United States film actor known for his portrayals of tough characters (1899-1986).
31. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
32. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
34. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
35. A river that rises in central Germany and flows north to join the Elbe River.
36. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
37. The lofty nest of a bird of prey (such as a hawk or eagle).
38. The basic unit of money in Nigeria.
39. A machine or person that adds.
41. The capital of Western Samoa.
44. The United Nations agency concerned with the international collection of meteorological data.
45. A decree that prohibits something.
48. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
49. An associate degree in nursing.
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