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1. A fatal disease of cattle that affects the central nervous system.
4. The cry made by sheep.
7. The basic unit of money in Uruguay.
11. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
12. The month following March and preceding May.
13. A light springing movement upwards or forwards.
14. Vietnamese New Year.
15. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
16. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
17. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
19. Wood of a sumac.
24. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
25. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
27. Any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species.
28. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
31. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
33. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
35. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
36. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
38. A light touch or stroke.
41. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
44. The sixth month of the civil year.
49. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
50. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
51. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
53. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
54. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
55. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. The 2nd letter of the Greek alphabet.
2. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
3. Take in solid food.
4. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
5. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
6. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
7. The thin serous membrane around the lungs and inner walls of the chest.
8. The branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication.
9. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
10. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
18. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
20. 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.
21. An enclosed space.
22. English writer and a central member of the Fabian Society (1858-1943).
23. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
26. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
29. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
30. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
32. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
34. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
37. A public promotion of some product or service.
39. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
40. A small cake leavened with yeast.
42. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
43. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
45. The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on.
46. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
47. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
48. A master's degree in business.
52. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
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