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1. A master's degree in library science.
4. A small cake leavened with yeast.
8. Rare (usually fatal) brain disease (usually in middle age) caused by an unidentified slow virus.
11. Black-and-white short-necked web-footed diving bird of northern seas.
12. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
13. (in golf) The standard number of strokes set for each hole on a golf course, or for the entire course.
14. Feed, care for, and rear young birds for flight.
16. An Indian tree of the family Combretaceae that is a source of timber and gum.
18. (medicine) Chilly.
19. An acute febrile highly contagious viral disease.
20. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
21. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
23. The branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication.
24. A state in the western United States.
28. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
31. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
34. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
35. A public promotion of some product or service.
36. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
40. In bed.
45. A cord fastened around the neck with an ornamental clasp and worn as a necktie.
46. How long something has existed.
47. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
48. Someone who copies the words or behavior of another.
49. An associate degree in applied science.
50. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
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1. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
2. A pause during which things are calm or activities are diminished.
3. A brace that extends from the rear of the keel to support the rudderpost.
4. Capital and largest city of Iraq.
5. (informal) Of the highest quality.
6. A heavy brittle diamagnetic trivalent metallic element (resembles arsenic and antimony chemically).
7. (of eggs) No longer edible.
8. An accountant certified by the state.
9. An island in Indonesia south of Borneo.
10. Lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise.
15. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
17. The quality of a color as determined by its dominant wavelength.
22. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
25. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
26. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
27. A metric unit of volume equal to one tenth of a liter.
29. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
30. A flexible container with a single opening.
32. An early form of modern jazz (originating around 1940).
33. A poplar that is widely cultivated in the United States.
37. The sixth month of the civil year.
38. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
39. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
41. The cry made by sheep.
42. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
43. The foot of a human being.
44. The last (12th) month of the year.
45. A state in the eastern United States.
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