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1. A fatal disease of cattle that affects the central nervous system.
4. A bachelor's degree in library science.
8. The syllable naming the first (tonic) note of any major scale in solmization.
11. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
12. Radioactive iodine test that measures the amount of radioactive iodine taken up by the thyroid gland.
13. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
14. A police officer who investigates crimes.
15. An explosive device fused to denote under specific conditions.
16. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
17. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
19. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
23. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
25. Counting the number of white and red blood cells and the number of platelets in 1 cubic millimeter of blood.
26. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
30. Jordan's port.
33. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
35. The cry made by sheep.
36. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
39. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
40. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
43. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
45. A Mid-Atlantic state.
46. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
47. An interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open.
51. Widely cultivated in tropical and subtropical regions for its fragrant flowers and colorful fruits.
52. A decree that prohibits something.
53. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
54. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
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1. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
2. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
3. (computer science) A coding system that incorporates extra parity bits in order to detect errors.
4. Someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential).
5. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
6. Of or relating to or forming a limbus.
7. A large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments).
8. Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods.
9. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
10. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
18. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
20. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
21. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
22. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
24. A radioactive transuranic element.
27. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
28. A New England state.
29. A complete metric system of units of measurement for scientists.
31. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
32. A port city in southwestern Iran.
34. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
37. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
38. (usually followed by `to') Having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something.
41. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
42. A small cake leavened with yeast.
44. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
48. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
49. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
50. A substance produced by the hypothalamus that is capable of accelerating the secretion of a given hormone by the anterior pituitary gland.
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