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1. A fatal disease of cattle that affects the central nervous system.
4. A rich soil consisting of a mixture of sand and clay and decaying organic materials.
8. A sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow).
11. (informal) Of the highest quality.
12. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
13. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
14. A flexible container with a single opening.
15. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
16. A colloid in a more solid form than a sol.
17. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
19. A river that rises in northern Colombia and flows generally eastward to the Orinoco in central Venezuela.
21. An inactive volcano in Sicily.
24. South African term for `boss'.
25. A state in southeastern United States between the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico.
26. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
31. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
33. The cry made by sheep.
34. An achromatic color of any lightness between the extremes of black and white.
35. Sandwich filled with slices of bacon and tomato with lettuce.
39. An associate degree in applied science.
42. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
44. A master's degree in business.
45. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
46. God of love and erotic desire.
47. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
48. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
49. The sixth month of the civil year.
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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. A rapid escape (as by criminals).
5. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
6. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
7. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
8. Tree of the West Indies and northern South America bearing succulent edible orange-sized fruit.
9. Any of several tall tropical palms native to southeastern Asia having egg-shaped nuts.
10. A pale rose-colored variety of the ruby spinel.
18. Not subject to change or variation especially in behavior.
20. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
22. Tag the base runner to get him out.
23. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
27. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
28. Conqueror of Gaul and master of Italy (100-44 BC).
29. 1 species.
30. A public promotion of some product or service.
32. Any of numerous low-growing cushion-forming plants of the genus Draba having rosette-forming leaves and terminal racemes of small flowers with scapose or leafy stems.
33. A graphical record of electrical activity of the brain.
36. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
37. Fallow deer.
38. A human female who does housework.
40. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
41. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
42. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
43. (informal) Roused to anger.
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