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1. A fatal disease of cattle that affects the central nervous system.
4. The syllable naming the fifth (dominant) note of any musical scale in solmization.
7. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
11. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
12. A corporation's first offer to sell stock to the public.
13. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
14. A police officer who investigates crimes.
15. A long projecting or anterior elongation of an animal's head.
16. A series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished.
17. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
20. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
21. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
22. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
25. A light touch or stroke.
28. Counting the number of white and red blood cells and the number of platelets in 1 cubic millimeter of blood.
29. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
31. Moderate or restrain.
33. A member of an agricultural people of southern India.
36. A ductile malleable reddish-brown corrosion-resistant diamagnetic metallic element.
38. Widely distributed lichens usually having a grayish or yellow pendulous freely branched thallus.
41. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
43. Extremely pleasing.
46. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
47. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
49. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
50. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
51. The basic unit of money in China.
52. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
53. A small cake leavened with yeast.
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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. In the Arabian Nights a hero who tells of the fantastic adventures he had in his voyages.
5. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
6. (folklore) A small grotesque supernatural creature that makes trouble for human beings.
7. Strike with disgust or revulsion.
8. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
9. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
10. Unpleasantly cool and humid.
18. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
19. Unknown god.
23. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
24. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
26. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
27. A flexible container with a single opening.
30. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
32. The 19th letter of the Greek alphabet.
34. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
35. Molten rock in the earth's crust.
37. Relatively small fast-moving sloth.
38. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
39. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
40. A quantity of no importance.
42. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
44. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
45. The cry made by sheep.
48. An associate degree in nursing.
49. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
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