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1. A fatal disease of cattle that affects the central nervous system.
4. The network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal function.
7. A master's degree in library science.
11. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
12. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
13. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
14. A police officer who investigates crimes.
15. Upright consisting of a vertical side member of a door or window frame.
17. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
18. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
21. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
22. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
23. The cry made by sheep.
25. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
29. German organist and contrapuntist (1685-1750).
31. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
32. Short and fat.
35. A state in southeastern United States between the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico.
36. A large building at an airport where aircraft can be stored and maintained.
38. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
42. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
43. (British) An open river valley (in a hilly area).
45. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
46. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
47. The basic unit of electric current adopted under the System International d'Unites.
49. The universal time coordinated time when a transmission is sent from Earth to a spacecraft or other celestial body.
50. (British) Your grandmother.
51. Divulge information or secrets.
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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. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
5. An anti-TNF compound (trade name Arava) that is given orally.
6. The language of the nomadic Lapp people in northern Scandinavia and the Kola Peninsula.
7. A polyvalent metallic element that resembles chromium and tungsten in its properties.
8. The month following March and preceding May.
9. A Russian river.
10. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
16. A small cake leavened with yeast.
19. Talks a great deal about uninteresting topics.
20. Open to change.
24. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
26. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
27. Before noon.
28. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
30. A port city in southwestern Iran.
33. An Arab country on the peninsula of Qatar.
34. Take away the weapons from.
37. Avatar of Vishnu.
39. The lower house of the parliament of the Republic of Ireland.
40. An informal term for a father.
41. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
44. A nurse who has enough training to be licensed by a state to provide routine care for the sick.
48. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
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