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1. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
4. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
7. Profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger.
11. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
12. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
13. A carriage consisting of two wheels and calash top.
14. A vinyl polymer used especially in paints or adhesives.
15. The bill in a restaurant.
16. A telephone connection.
17. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
22. A small cake leavened with yeast.
25. Hormone produced early in pregnancy by the placenta.
29. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
32. A cloth having a crisscross design.
34. An informal term for a father.
35. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
37. A public promotion of some product or service.
38. Very dark black.
41. Jordan's port.
45. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
46. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
47. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
50. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
51. In bed.
52. An acute febrile highly contagious viral disease.
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1. A large mountain system in south-central Europe.
2. Rock that in its molten form (as magma) issues from volcanos.
3. The act of scanning.
4. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
5. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
6. A young woman making her debut into society.
7. An annual award by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for achievements in motion picture production and performance.
8. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
9. An exchange of ideas via conversation.
10. Type genus of the Hylidae.
18. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
19. A flexible container with a single opening.
20. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
21. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
23. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
24. (Scotland) A small loaf or roll of soft bread.
26. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
27. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
28. A radioactive transuranic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons.
30. A member of an agricultural people of southern India.
31. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
33. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
36. A Loloish language.
37. Airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc..
39. Using speech rather than writing.
40. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
42. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
43. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
44. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
45. 4-wheeled motor vehicle.
48. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
49. A radioactive transuranic element.
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