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1. A rare chronic progressive encephalitis caused by the measles virus and occurring primarily in children and young adults.
5. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
8. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
11. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
12. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
13. A master's degree in education.
14. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
16. Jordan's port.
17. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
18. Someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential).
21. Imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy.
27. A public promotion of some product or service.
28. The month following July and preceding September.
29. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
31. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
32. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
38. Marked by excessive enthusiasm for and intense devotion to a cause or idea.
39. A member of a seafaring group of North American Indians who lived on the Pacific coast of British Columbia and southwestern Alaska.
41. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
42. A light touch or stroke.
45. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
46. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
47. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
48. An informal term for a father.
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1. Footwear shaped to fit the foot (below the ankle) with a flexible upper of leather or plastic and a sole and heel of heavier material.
2. A subdivision of a larger religious group.
3. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
4. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
5. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
6. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
7. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
8. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
9. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
10. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
15. A Portuguese province on the south coast of China and two islands in the South China Sea.
19. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
20. A bachelor's degree in religion.
22. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
23. An aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect.
25. A state in the Rocky Mountains.
26. The cry made by sheep.
30. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
31. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
33. Type genus of the Ranidae.
34. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
35. Capital and largest city and economic center of Peru.
36. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
37. Fallow deer.
40. A resource.
43. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
44. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
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