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1. A change in the electrical properties of the skin in response to stress or anxiety.
4. Type genus of the family Myacidae.
7. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
11. (informal) Of the highest quality.
12. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
13. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
14. (Scotland) A small loaf or roll of soft bread.
15. Feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and being unable to roar.
16. A collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn.
17. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
20. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
23. The sixth month of the civil year.
25. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
28. An informal term for a father.
29. A large Yoruba city in southwestern Nigeria.
31. A radioactive transuranic element.
32. A small cake leavened with yeast.
40. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
43. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
44. A hospital unit staffed and equipped to provide intensive care.
45. A Loloish language.
46. Goddess of fate.
47. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
48. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
49. The cry made by sheep.
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1. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
2. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
3. Informal abbreviation of `representative'.
4. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
5. Not only so, but.
6. A legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body.
7. An informal term for a father.
8. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
9. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
10. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
18. 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.
19. Decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers.
21. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
22. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
24. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
26. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
27. Half the width of an em.
30. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
33. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
34. (computer science) A data transmission rate (bits/second) for modems.
35. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
36. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
37. Material used to daub walls.
38. A city in northern India.
39. A quantity of no importance.
41. Tastelessness by virtue of being cheap and vulgar.
42. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
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