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1. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
4. Lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing wholly or in part.
8. (computer science) A measure of how densely information is packed on a storage medium.
11. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
12. Using speech rather than writing.
13. A boy or man.
14. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
16. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
17. (informal) Of the highest quality.
18. A pale rose-colored variety of the ruby spinel.
20. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
22. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
23. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
27. In bed.
31. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
33. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
35. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
36. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
37. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
38. The act of hauling something (as a vehicle) by means of a hitch or rope.
40. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
43. The capital of Western Samoa.
48. British politician (1788-1850).
49. How long something has existed.
50. A master's degree in business.
51. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
52. A decree that prohibits something.
53. The network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal function.
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1. Jordan's port.
2. Hungarian composer of light operas (1870-1948).
3. A river that rises in central Germany and flows north to join the Elbe River.
4. An uproarious party.
5. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
6. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
7. Loose or flaccid body fat.
8. Divulge information or secrets.
9. A large indefinite number.
10. The content of cognition.
15. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
19. A cylindrical drawstring bag used by sailors to hold their clothing and other gear.
21. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
24. After noon.
25. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
26. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
28. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
29. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
30. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
32. Small genus of tropical African perennial bulbous herbs with deciduous twining stems.
34. A city in western Germany near the Dutch and Belgian borders.
39. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
41. A small cake leavened with yeast.
42. South African term for `boss'.
44. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
45. A light touch or stroke.
46. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
47. The rate at which heat is produced by an individual in a resting state.
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