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1. Rare (usually fatal) brain disease (usually in middle age) caused by an unidentified slow virus.
4. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
7. A vertical spar for supporting sails.
11. Adult female chicken.
12. 10 grams.
13. An elaborate song for solo voice.
14. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
17. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
18. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
20. A clique that seeks power usually through intrigue.
21. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
23. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
26. Of or relating to or containing barium.
28. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
32. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
33. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
35. A legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body.
36. Tropical American trees with palmately compound leaves and showy bell-shaped flowers.
37. Not only so, but.
40. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
44. Belonging to or on behalf of a specified person (especially yourself).
48. A cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment).
50. Electronic equipment that provides visual images of varying electrical quantities.
51. How long something has existed.
52. The quantity a cask will hold.
53. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
54. The cry made by sheep.
55. United States tennis player who was the first Black to win United States and English singles championships (1943-1993).
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1. Material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds.
2. A holy war by Muslims against unbelievers.
3. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
4. A public promotion of some product or service.
5. A flexible container with a single opening.
6. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
7. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
8. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
9. The Destroyer.
10. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
15. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
16. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
19. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
22. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
24. Being three more than fifty.
25. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
27. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
29. The airforce of Great Britain.
30. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
31. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
34. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
38. A republic consisting of 26 of 32 counties comprising the island of Ireland.
39. Small buffalo of the Celebes having small straight horns.
41. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
42. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
43. A Chinese breed of small short-legged dogs with a long silky coat and broad flat muzzle.
45. A light touch or stroke.
46. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
47. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
49. An associate degree in applied science.
50. A state in the eastern United States.
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