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1. A fatal disease of cattle that affects the central nervous system.
4. A small cake leavened with yeast.
8. An honorary degree in science.
11. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
12. (old-fashioned) At or from or to a great distance.
13. An actor's line that immediately precedes and serves as a reminder for some action or speech.
14. A police officer who investigates crimes.
15. (Scottish) Bluish-black or gray-blue.
16. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
17. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
19. An officer of the law.
23. A knife resembling a cleaver.
30. Jordan's port.
32. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
33. A genus of Mustelidae.
34. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
40. A small piece of cloth.
42. South African term for `boss'.
44. A transuranic element.
45. Characterized by lightness and insubstantiality.
47. The last (12th) month of the year.
48. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
49. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
50. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
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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. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
5. A federation of North American labor unions that merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955.
6. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
7. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
8. A fraudulent business scheme.
9. A communist state in the Caribbean on the island of Cuba.
10. An administrator in charge of a division of a university or college.
18. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
20. A man who courts a woman.
21. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
22. 1/10 gram.
24. A state in northwestern North America.
25. Tag the base runner to get him out.
26. Set down according to a plan.
27. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
28. The ratio of the circumference to the diameter of a circle.
29. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
31. Old World woody vines.
35. The (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb.
36. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
37. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
38. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
39. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
41. An associate degree in applied science.
43. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
44. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
46. A soft silvery metallic element.
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