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1. A fatal disease of cattle that affects the central nervous system.
4. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
7. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
11. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
12. (Scotland) A small loaf or roll of soft bread.
13. A human female who does housework.
14. A police officer who investigates crimes.
15. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
17. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
18. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
20. A motley assortment of things.
22. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
25. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
28. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
32. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
33. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
37. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
38. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
41. State in northeastern India.
45. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
48. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
49. Extinct flightless bird of New Zealand.
51. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
52. The part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands.
53. Denuded of leaves.
54. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
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1. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
2. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
3. (computer science) A coding system that incorporates extra parity bits in order to detect errors.
4. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
5. A reproach for some lapse or misdeed.
6. South American cavy.
7. Being nine more than ninety.
8. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
9. The arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek.
10. (informal) Exceptionally good.
16. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
19. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
21. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
23. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
24. Used of a single unit or thing.
26. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
27. Being one hundred more than three hundred.
29. A state in northwestern United States on the Pacific.
30. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances.
31. An associate degree in nursing.
34. Any member of Athapaskan tribes that migrated to the southwestern desert (from Arizona to Texas and south into Mexico).
35. An associate degree in applied science.
36. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
39. Very dark black.
40. South African term for `boss'.
42. Free from risk or danger.
43. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
44. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
46. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
47. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
50. A soft silvery metallic element.
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