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1. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
5. A fatal disease of cattle that affects the central nervous system.
8. (slang) A gangster's pistol.
11. God of death.
12. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
13. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
14. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
15. A flexible container with a single opening.
16. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
17. Unknown god.
18. (informal) Of the highest quality.
24. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
26. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
27. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
28. A summary that repeats the substance of a longer discussion.
30. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
31. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
36. Roman statesman and philosopher who was and advisor to Nero (circa 4 BC - 65 AD).
39. Agitation resulting from active worry.
40. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
41. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
44. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
45. An American doctorate usually based on at least 3 years graduate study and a dissertation.
47. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
48. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
49. Set down according to a plan.
50. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. A city in the Asian part of Russia.
2. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
3. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
4. Hungarian choreographer who developed Labanotation (1879-1958).
5. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
6. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
7. A graphical recording of the cardiac cycle produced by an electrocardiograph.
8. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
9. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
10. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
19. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
20. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
21. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
22. A small cake leavened with yeast.
23. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
25. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
29. In bed.
32. Genus of tropical plants with creeping rootstocks and small umbellate flowers.
33. Any property detected by the olfactory system.
34. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
35. A city in central New York.
37. Not fake or counterfeit.
38. A quantity of no importance.
39. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
42. Being one more than two.
43. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
46. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
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