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1. Any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes.
4. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
8. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
11. (computer science) A coding system that incorporates extra parity bits in order to detect errors.
12. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
13. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
14. A cloth used as a head covering (and veil and shawl) by Muslim and Hindu women.
16. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
17. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
19. The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on.
20. A small cake leavened with yeast.
23. Payment due by the recipient on delivery.
26. Sandwich filled with slices of bacon and tomato with lettuce.
27. A sudden short attack.
29. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
32. A person forced to flee from home or country.
33. Jordan's port.
36. (Scottish) Bluish-black or gray-blue.
39. An associate degree in nursing.
40. A rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys.
41. A radioactive transuranic element.
42. English historian noted for his constitutional history of medieval England (1825-1901).
44. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
47. (Hawaiian) A small guitar having four strings.
48. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
49. An American doctorate usually based on at least 3 years graduate study and a dissertation.
50. Primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needle-like teeth.
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1. Any of various floor-like platforms built into a vessel.
2. A dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain.
3. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
4. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
5. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
6. A heavy brittle metallic element of the platinum group.
7. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
8. An emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight).
9. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
10. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
15. A light touch or stroke.
18. Nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate.
21. (pathology) An elevation of the skin filled with serous fluid.
22. An industrial city in southern Poland on the Vistula.
24. A midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region.
25. An informal term for a father.
28. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
30. A medicinal drug used to evoke vomiting (especially in cases of drug overdose or poisoning).
31. Departing or being caused to depart from the true vertical or horizontal.
34. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
35. Typical geese.
37. A light springing movement upwards or forwards.
38. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
43. General term for any insect or similar creeping or crawling invertebrate.
44. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
45. The branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication.
46. The sciences concerned with gathering and manipulating and storing and retrieving and classifying recorded information.
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