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1. A fatal disease of cattle that affects the central nervous system.
4. Pretentious or silly talk or writing.
8. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
11. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
12. A Loloish language.
13. An ancient Hebrew unit of capacity equal to 10 baths or 10 ephahs.
14. Up to the present time.
15. Injure or wound seriously and leave permanent disfiguration or mutilation.
16. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
17. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
22. (computer science) A measure of how densely information is packed on a storage medium.
24. An accountant certified by the state.
25. Kamarupan languages spoken in northeastern India and western Burma.
29. Lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing wholly or in part.
32. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
33. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
35. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
39. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
41. A sensation (as of a cold breeze or bright light) that precedes the onset of certain disorders such as a migraine attack or epileptic seizure.
46. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
47. (old-fashioned) At or from or to a great distance.
48. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
49. An interest followed with exaggerated zeal.
50. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
51. A light touch or stroke.
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1. Common Indian weaverbird.
2. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
3. The administration of a strong electric current that passes through the brain to induce convulsions and coma.
4. An alloy of copper and zinc (and sometimes arsenic) used to imitate gold in cheap jewelry and for gilding.
5. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
6. A derogatory term used by Jews to refer to non-Jewish women.
7. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
8. A town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern Mediterranean.
9. United States physiologist (born in Germany) who did research on parthenogenesis (1859-1924).
10. (informal) Exceptionally good.
18. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
19. An informal conversation.
20. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
21. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
23. The 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
26. A federation of North American labor unions that merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955.
27. Of or relating to the stomach and intestines.
28. An edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle.
30. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
31. A public promotion of some product or service.
34. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
35. A New England state.
36. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
37. A small cake leavened with yeast.
38. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
40. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
42. A city in the European part of Russia.
43. The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on.
44. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
45. An informal term for a father.
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