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1. A change in the electrical properties of the skin in response to stress or anxiety.
4. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
7. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
11. (informal) Of the highest quality.
12. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
13. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
14. (Scotland) A small loaf or roll of soft bread.
15. The syllable naming the first (tonic) note of any major scale in solmization.
16. A collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn.
17. A public promotion of some product or service.
19. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
21. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
24. Being one hundred more than two hundred.
26. Not in a state of sleep.
28. An ancient musical horn made from the horn of a ram.
31. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
33. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
34. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
36. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
41. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
45. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
46. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
47. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
48. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
49. An informal term for a father.
50. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
51. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
52. A state in midwestern United States.
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1. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
2. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
3. Informal abbreviation of `representative'.
4. A coenzyme derived from the B vitamin nicotinic acid.
5. A group of countries in special alliance.
6. Motivation based on ideas of right and wrong.
7. A doctor's degree in education.
8. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
9. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
10. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
18. A block of absorbent material saturated with ink.
20. A dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain.
22. United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters.
23. A deep prolonged sound (as of thunder or large bells).
25. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances.
27. A state in northwestern United States on the Pacific.
29. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
30. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
32. Stout-bodied insect with large membranous wings.
35. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
36. Nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate.
37. A small cake leavened with yeast.
38. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
39. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
40. The sixth month of the civil year.
42. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
43. (slang) A gangster's pistol.
44. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
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