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1. A fatal disease of cattle that affects the central nervous system.
4. A flexible container with a single opening.
7. The capital of Western Samoa.
11. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
12. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
13. A special way of doing something.
14. Up to the present time.
15. (Brit) A tough youth of 1950's and 1960's wearing Edwardian style clothes.
16. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
17. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
23. An edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle.
24. A French abbot.
26. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
28. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
30. (used of count nouns) Every one considered individually.
33. Before noon.
34. A communist state in Indochina on the South China Sea.
37. Scottish explorer who led Arctic expeditions that yielded geographic discoveries while searching for the Northwest Passage (1777-1856).
40. The third canonical hour.
43. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
45. The cry made by sheep.
46. Informal terms for a mother.
47. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
48. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
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1. Common Indian weaverbird.
2. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
3. The administration of a strong electric current that passes through the brain to induce convulsions and coma.
4. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
5. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
6. An anxiety disorder characterized by chronic free-floating anxiety and such symptoms as tension or sweating or trembling of light-headedness or irritability etc that has lasted for more than six months.
7. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
8. A fractional monetary unit in Bangladesh and India and Nepal and Pakistan.
9. A numerical scale used to compare variables with one another or with some reference number.
10. A yellow pungent volatile oil (trade name Agene) formerly used for bleaching and aging flour.
18. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
19. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
20. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
21. In bed.
22. A small cake leavened with yeast.
25. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
27. Acquire or gain knowledge or skills.
29. Informal terms for a (young) woman.
31. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
32. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
33. Nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate.
35. Type genus of the Nepidae.
36. A recurring sleep state during which rapid eye movements do not occur and dreaming does not occur.
38. The granite-like rocks that form the outermost layer of the earth's crust.
39. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
41. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
42. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
43. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
44. Being nine more than forty.
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