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1. A fatal disease of cattle that affects the central nervous system.
4. Toward the mouth or oral region.
8. A nurse who has enough training to be licensed by a state to provide routine care for the sick.
11. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
12. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
13. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
14. Used especially of fruits.
16. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
18. The district occupied entirely by the city of Washington.
19. Being or moving higher in position or greater in some value.
20. A ballistic missile that is capable of traveling from one continent to another.
23. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
24. An independent group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic languages.
26. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
29. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
31. The basic unit of money in Zambia.
34. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
35. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
36. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
37. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
43. Take in solid food.
48. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
49. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
50. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
51. 10 grams.
52. The capital and chief port of Qatar.
53. The 19th letter of the Greek alphabet.
54. An informal term for a father.
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1. A Muslim woman of high rank in India or Pakistan.
2. Minute floating marine tunicate having a transparent body with an opening at each end.
3. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
4. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
5. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
6. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
7. A light touch or stroke.
8. 16 ounces.
9. A genus of Ploceidae.
10. A rechargeable battery with a nickel cathode and a cadmium anode.
15. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
17. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
21. (botany) Especially of leaves.
22. A master's degree in business.
25. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
27. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
28. An informal term for a father.
30. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
32. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
33. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
38. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
39. An Indian nursemaid who looks after children.
40. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
41. A small cake leavened with yeast.
42. Used as a Hindi courtesy title.
44. A label made of cardboard or plastic or metal.
45. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
46. The 17th letter of the Greek alphabet.
47. The money risked on a gamble.
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