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1. A fatal disease of cattle that affects the central nervous system.
4. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
8. (usually followed by `to' or `for') On the point of or strongly disposed.
11. (informal) Of the highest quality.
12. A lawman concerned with narcotics violations.
13. The United Nations agency concerned with the interests of labor.
14. A flexible container with a single opening.
15. An unforeseen obstacle.
16. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
17. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
19. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
24. The inner and thicker of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle.
26. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
27. A public promotion of some product or service.
28. A vast treeless plain in the arctic regions between the ice cap and the tree line.
30. An analytic or interpretive literary composition.
34. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
36. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
38. A master's degree in business.
39. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
41. A metric unit of length equal to one hundredth of a meter.
43. Being nine more than ninety.
44. A member of a North American Indian people speaking one of the Hokan language.
45. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
47. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
49. A male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917).
50. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
51. An independent group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic languages.
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1. A small cake leavened with yeast.
2. A narcotic that is considered a hard drug.
3. A graphical record of electrical activity of the brain.
4. The part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands.
5. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
6. Decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers.
7. Hormone produced early in pregnancy by the placenta.
8. In the Arabian Nights a hero who tells of the fantastic adventures he had in his voyages.
9. A river in central Europe that arises in northwestern Czechoslovakia and flows northward through Germany to empty into the North Sea.
10. Having a toe or toes of a specified kind.
18. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
20. A wall hanging of heavy handwoven fabric with pictorial designs.
21. A soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element.
22. Constituting or relating to a tail.
23. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
25. A state in the Rocky Mountains.
29. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
31. A gray lustrous metallic element of the rare earth group.
32. True firs.
33. West Indian evergreen with medium to long leaves.
35. A member of the Pueblo people living in northern New Mexico.
37. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
40. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
42. Informal terms for a mother.
46. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
48. An informal term for a father.
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