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1. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
4. A branch of the Tai languages.
8. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
11. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
12. A river in northern England that flows southeast through West Yorkshire.
13. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
14. A vinyl polymer used especially in paints or adhesives.
15. Divulge information or secrets.
16. Noisy talk.
17. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
19. Lower in esteem.
23. The compass point that is one point south of due east.
29. A telegram sent abroad.
32. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
35. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
40. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
41. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
44. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
45. Surface layer of ground containing a matt of grass and grass roots.
47. The basic unit of money in Iran.
48. Any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species.
49. Either extremity of something that has length.
50. A small cake leavened with yeast.
51. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
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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 island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
5. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
6. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
7. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
8. Common Indian weaverbird.
9. By bad luck.
10. A dissolute man in fashionable society.
18. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
20. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
21. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
22. (informal) Of the highest quality.
24. Singing jazz.
25. A master's degree in business.
26. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
27. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
28. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
30. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
31. A decree that prohibits something.
33. A city in central Georgia southeast of Atlanta.
34. Sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with gray furry ears and coat.
36. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
37. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
38. In bed.
39. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
42. Someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential).
43. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
46. A doctor's degree in religion.
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