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1. A fatal disease of cattle that affects the central nervous system.
4. A branch of the Tai languages.
7. A town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern Mediterranean.
11. (informal) Of the highest quality.
12. A watery solution of sugars, salts, and minerals that circulates through the vascular system of a plant.
13. Plant having a large slender white bulb and flat overlapping dark green leaves.
14. A label made of cardboard or plastic or metal.
15. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
16. A small cake leavened with yeast.
17. A public promotion of some product or service.
20. Tag the base runner to get him out.
21. A hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red blood cells their characteristic color.
23. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
24. Popular music originating in the West Indies.
28. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
29. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
33. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
36. An intersection or crossing of two tracts in the form of the letter X.
40. Divulge information or secrets.
42. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
43. The longest division of geological time.
45. United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters.
46. A doctor's degree in dental medicine.
47. Norwegian mathematician (1802-1829).
48. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
2. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
3. A graphical record of electrical activity of the brain.
4. A male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917).
5. A salt of any halogen acid.
6. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
7. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
8. English actor noted for his portrayals of Shakespeare's great tragic characters (1789-1833).
9. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
10. Jordan's port.
18. Animal reproductive body consisting of an ovum or embryo together with nutritive and protective envelopes.
19. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
22. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
25. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
26. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
27. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
30. Submit or yield to another's wish or opinion.
31. A Bantu language spoken by the Chaga people in northern Tanzania.
32. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
34. Take by theft.
35. The (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb.
37. Precipitation of ice pellets when there are strong rising air currents.
38. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
39. The arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek.
41. God of the earth.
42. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
44. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
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