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1. A fatal disease of cattle that affects the central nervous system.
4. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
7. Cook and make edible by putting in a hot oven.
11. (informal) Of the highest quality.
12. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
13. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
14. A label made of cardboard or plastic or metal.
15. A boy or man.
16. South African term for `boss'.
17. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
20. A colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube.
23. Fleshy spore-bearing inner mass of e.g. a puffball or stinkhorn.
25. Lower in esteem.
29. Small beads made from polished shells and formerly used as money by native Americans.
30. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
32. A French abbot.
33. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
34. An associate degree in nursing.
38. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
42. A drop of the clear salty saline solution secreted by the lacrimal glands.
44. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
47. A tight-fitting headdress.
48. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
49. 4-wheeled motor vehicle.
50. A master's degree in fine arts.
51. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
52. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
53. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
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1. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
2. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
3. A graphical record of electrical activity of the brain.
4. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
5. Jordan's port.
6. Failing to detonate.
7. A small cake leavened with yeast.
8. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
9. An inn in some Eastern countries with a large courtyard that provides accommodation for caravans.
10. Freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort.
18. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
19. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
21. Lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing wholly or in part.
22. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
24. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
26. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
27. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
28. 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.
31. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
35. Type genus of the Nepidae.
36. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
37. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
39. The highest level or degree attainable.
40. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
41. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
43. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
45. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
46. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
47. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
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