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1. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
4. Small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body.
8. The sign language used in the United States.
11. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
12. In bed.
13. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
14. A vinyl polymer used especially in paints or adhesives.
15. An aromatic ointment used in antiquity.
16. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
17. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
19. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
21. Made of fir or pine.
24. An associate degree in nursing.
25. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
28. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
31. By bad luck.
33. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
35. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
36. Jordan's port.
38. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
41. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
44. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
48. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
49. (prefix) Bad or erroneous or lack of.
51. The use of nuclear magnetic resonance of protons to produce proton density images.
52. The residue that remains when something is burned.
53. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
54. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
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1. A large mountain system in south-central Europe.
2. Rock that in its molten form (as magma) issues from volcanos.
3. The act of scanning.
4. Fairly small terrestrial ferns of tropical America.
5. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
6. An emotional response that has been acquired by conditioning.
7. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
8. The ninth month of the Hindu calendar.
9. A fraudulent business scheme.
10. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
18. A public promotion of some product or service.
20. A member of an agricultural people in southeastern India.
22. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
23. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
26. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
27. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
29. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
30. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
32. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
34. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
37. The mission in San Antonio where in 1836 Mexican forces under Santa Anna besieged and massacred American rebels who were fighting to make Texas independent of Mexico.
39. (Greek mythology) Goddess of discord.
40. A vigorous blow.
42. Disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed.
43. An elaborate song for solo voice.
45. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
46. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
47. A light touch or stroke.
50. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
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