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1. A fatal disease of cattle that affects the central nervous system.
4. Antibiotic-resistant mycoplasma causing a kind of pneumonia in humans.
8. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
11. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
12. (in Gnosticism) A divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe.
13. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
14. Call upon in supplication.
15. A feeling of intense anger.
16. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
17. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
19. Realistic Norwegian author who wrote plays on social and political themes (1828-1906).
22. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
23. American dramatist (1928- ).
25. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
29. Lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing wholly or in part.
30. Being one hundred more than three hundred.
31. The battle in 202 BC in which Scipio decisively defeated Hannibal at the end of the second Punic War.
32. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
34. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
35. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
39. 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.
43. Alsatian artist and poet who was cofounder of Dadaism in Zurich.
44. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
47. The cry made by sheep.
48. (informal) Of the highest quality.
49. A hardy cabbage with coarse curly leaves that do not form a head.
50. A cgs unit of work or energy.
51. An enclosed space.
52. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
53. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
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1. A small cake leavened with yeast.
2. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
3. A graphical recording of the cardiac cycle produced by an electrocardiograph.
4. The 3 goddesses of fate or destiny.
5. Partially carbonized vegetable matter saturated with water.
6. (of roads) Made of logs laid down crosswise.
7. A member of the Iroquoian people formerly living east of Lake Ontario.
8. By bad luck.
9. A narrow way or road.
10. The act of scanning.
18. Manufactured in standard sizes to be shipped and assembled elsewhere.
20. French novelist.
21. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
24. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
26. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
27. Before noon.
28. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
33. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
34. Seed of a pea plant.
36. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
37. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
38. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
40. In bed.
41. An outlying farm building for storing grain or animal feed and housing farm animals.
42. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
45. A local and habitual twitching especially in the face.
46. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
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