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1. A fatal disease of cattle that affects the central nervous system.
4. Toward the mouth or oral region.
8. A coral reef off the southern coast of Florida.
11. (informal) Of the highest quality.
12. The basic unit of money in Ghana.
13. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
14. A flexible container with a single opening.
15. The sixth month of the civil year.
16. A broad flat muscle on either side of the back.
17. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
19. The basic unit of money in Gambia.
24. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
25. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
27. The act of slowing down or falling behind.
29. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
30. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
32. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
34. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
38. A genus of Ploceidae.
41. The content of cognition.
43. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
44. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
48. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
49. A hospital unit staffed and equipped to provide intensive care.
50. Type genus of the Ranidae.
51. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
52. A light touch or stroke.
53. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
54. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. A small cake leavened with yeast.
2. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
3. A graphical record of electrical activity of the brain.
4. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
5. Having any of numerous bright or strong colors reminiscent of the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies.
6. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
7. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
8. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
9. By bad luck.
10. Large hairy humanoid creature said to live in the Himalayas.
18. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
20. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
21. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
22. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
23. An independent group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic languages.
26. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
28. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
31. A resource.
33. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
35. A native-born Israeli.
36. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
37. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
39. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
40. Material used to daub walls.
42. Fallow deer.
45. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
46. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
47. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
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