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1. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
4. Psychoactive substance present in marijuana.
7. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
11. One-thousandth of an equivalent.
12. A period of time spent sleeping.
13. (obstetrics) The number of live-born children a woman has delivered.
14. (Sumerian) Sun god.
15. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
16. Group of people related by blood or marriage.
17. An informal conversation.
20. A genetic disorder of metabolism.
21. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
24. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
26. The 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet.
27. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
29. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
32. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
36. An acute but unspecific feeling of anxiety.
40. Cassava with long tuberous edible roots and soft brittle stems.
43. A human limb.
44. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
45. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
46. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
47. An awkward stupid person.
48. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
49. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
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1. In a murderous frenzy as if possessed by a demon.
2. (Greek mythology) A river in Hades.
3. Short and fat.
4. A proinflammatory cytokine that is produced by white blood cells (monocytes and macrophages).
5. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
6. An accountant certified by the state.
7. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
8. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
9. A republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
10. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
18. (military) Signal to turn the lights out.
19. A state in southeastern United States between the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico.
22. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
23. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
25. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
28. United States baseball player and manager (1873-1934).
30. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
31. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
33. Jordan's port.
34. Of or pertaining to hearing or the ear.
35. (folklore) A corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living.
37. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
38. A fabric made from the fine threads produced by certain insect larvae.
39. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
40. A small digital computer based on a microprocessor and designed to be used by one person at a time.
41. One of the most common of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
42. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
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