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1. A fatal disease of cattle that affects the central nervous system.
4. In bed.
8. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
11. The month following March and preceding May.
12. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
13. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
14. The leg from the knee to foot.
16. A slight amount or degree of difference.
17. Type genus of the family Myacidae.
18. Stout-bodied insect with large membranous wings.
21. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
23. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
25. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
28. A licensed medical practitioner.
29. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
31. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
33. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
35. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria and closely related to Hausa.
39. A Bantu language spoken by the Kamba people in Kenya.
42. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
44. Before noon.
45. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
46. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
49. A light touch or stroke.
50. A small cake leavened with yeast.
51. The residue that remains when something is burned.
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1. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
2. Small branch or division of a branch.
3. Annual to perennial herbs of the Mediterranean region.
4. An associate degree in nursing.
5. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
6. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
7. An informal term for a father.
8. A large fleet.
9. Common Indian weaverbird.
10. The sixth month of the civil year.
15. Same in identity.
19. An informal term for a father.
20. Informal terms for a mother.
22. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
24. 1/10 gram.
26. 16 ounces.
27. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
30. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
32. The cry made by sheep.
34. Jordan's port.
36. (Babylonian) A goddess of the watery deep and daughter of Ea.
37. Taken or to be taken at random.
38. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
40. South African term for `boss'.
41. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
43. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
47. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
48. A state in midwestern United States.
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