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1. A fatal disease of cattle that affects the central nervous system.
4. A loose material consisting of grains of rock or coral.
8. Affectedly modest or shy especially in a playful or provocative way.
11. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
12. An Eskimo hut.
13. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
14. A police officer who investigates crimes.
15. The back side of the neck.
16. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
17. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
24. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
25. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
27. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
28. Any of a group of Indic languages spoken in Kashmir and eastern Afghanistan and northern Pakistan.
29. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
31. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
33. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
34. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
37. A motley assortment of things.
42. The feeling of being bored by something tedious.
44. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
45. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
47. An artificial language for international use that rejects rejects all existing words and is based instead on an abstract analysis of ideas.
48. God of the earth.
49. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
50. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
52. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
53. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
54. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
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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. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
6. The branch of information science that deals with natural language information.
7. Owed and payable immediately or on demand.
8. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
9. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
10. Not only so, but.
18. A state in northwestern North America.
19. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
20. A port city in southwestern Iran.
21. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
22. A decree that prohibits something.
23. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
26. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
30. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
32. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
35. Living in or characteristic of farming or country life.
36. Garlic mayonnaise.
38. In bed.
39. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
40. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
41. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
42. A long-playing phonograph record.
43. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
46. Someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault.
51. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
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