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1. A fatal disease of cattle that affects the central nervous system.
4. The expensive fur of a mink.
8. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
11. (informal) Of the highest quality.
12. English prelate noted for his pessimistic sermons and articles (1860-1954).
13. (informal) Roused to anger.
14. A label made of cardboard or plastic or metal.
15. European freshwater game fish with a thick spindle-shaped body.
16. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
17. A public promotion of some product or service.
19. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
21. A member of an agricultural people in southeastern India.
24. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
27. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
31. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
33. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
34. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
35. A small cake leavened with yeast.
38. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
40. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
45. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
49. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
50. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
52. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
53. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
54. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
55. A master's degree in fine arts.
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1. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
2. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
3. A graphical record of electrical activity of the brain.
4. A member of the Algonquian people formerly inhabiting the Maritime Provinces of Canada.
5. Antibacterial drug (trade name Nydrazid) used to treat tuberculosis.
6. Sexually transmitted urethritis (usually caused by chlamydia).
7. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
8. A strategically located monarchy on the southern and eastern coasts of the Arabian Peninsula.
9. An enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals are kept.
10. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
18. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
20. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
22. Fallow deer.
23. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
25. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
26. A light touch or stroke.
28. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
29. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
30. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
32. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
36. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
37. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
39. The basic unit of money in Western Samoa.
41. God of love and erotic desire.
42. The inner surface of the hand from the wrist to the base of the fingers.
43. French cabaret singer (1915-1963).
44. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
46. A resource.
47. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
48. An awkward stupid person.
51. A gray lustrous metallic element of the rare earth group.
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