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1. A fatal disease of cattle that affects the central nervous system.
4. (computer science) A computer that is running software that allows users to leave messages and access information of general interest.
7. United States inventor who manufactured the first elevator with a safety device (1811-1861).
11. (informal) Of the highest quality.
12. Noisy talk.
13. A cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment).
14. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
15. (Norse mythology) Goddess of old age who defeated Thor in a wrestling match.
16. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
17. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
19. The azimuth of a celestial body is the angle between the vertical plane containing it and the plane of the meridian.
21. New Zealand timber tree resembling the cypress.
24. A port in southwestern Scotland.
25. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
27. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
28. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
29. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
31. 1/10 gram.
32. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
33. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
34. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
36. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
38. American dramatist (1928- ).
42. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
44. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
47. Queen of England as the 6th wife of Henry VIII (1512-1548).
48. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
49. 4-wheeled motor vehicle.
50. The 16th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
51. An associate degree in applied science.
52. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
53. (law) A comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy.
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1. A small cake leavened with yeast.
2. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
3. 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.
4. A rule made by a local authority to regulate its own affairs.
5. French novelist.
6. Narrow wood or metal or plastic runners used for gliding over snow.
7. Evergreen trees and shrubs having oily one-seeded fruits.
8. An alloy of copper and zinc (and sometimes arsenic) used to imitate gold in cheap jewelry and for gilding.
9. In a cold and icy manner.
10. A West African language closely related to Fula.
18. Jordan's port.
20. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
22. Lower in esteem.
23. God of love and erotic desire.
26. A very light colorless element that is one of the six inert gasses.
30. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
35. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
37. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
39. Common Indian weaverbird.
40. (Greek mythology) Goddess of discord.
41. Bulky grayish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail.
43. Any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes.
45. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
46. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
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