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1. The part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands.
4. The brightest star in Virgo.
9. A system of one or more computers and associated software with common storage.
13. The quantity contained in a keg.
16. The last (12th) month of the year.
17. 100 aurar equal 1 krona.
18. Anything that provides inspiration for later work.
19. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
20. Having the wind against the forward side of the sails.
22. An American operation in World War I (1918).
25. United States abstract painter (born in Russia) whose paintings are characterized by horizontal bands of color with indistinct boundaries (1903-1970).
26. Any cognitive content held as true.
27. The elapsed time it takes for a signal to travel from Earth to a spacecraft (or other body) and back to the starting point.
28. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
30. An oil port in southern Iraq.
32. Provide what is desired or needed, esp. support, food or sustenance.
35. The products of human creativity.
37. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
40. Squash bugs.
41. A Mid-Atlantic state.
44. 16 ounces.
45. A complete metric system of units of measurement for scientists.
46. A large bundle bound for storage or transport.
48. The 8th letter of the Greek alphabet.
50. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
52. (computer science) A measure of how densely information is packed on a storage medium.
54. A condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people.
55. Late time of life.
56. Keep company with.
61. Mollusk with a low conical shell.
62. Any of various minerals consisting of hydrous silicates of aluminum or potassium etc. that crystallize in forms that allow perfect cleavage into very thin leaves.
63. God of war.
64. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
67. Of or relating to or involving an area.
68. (Judaism) An eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Temple of Jerusalem.
70. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
72. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
73. English comedienne and mistress of Charles II (1650-1687).
75. British informal term.
76. The act of scanning.
79. A genus of herbs and shrubs belonging to the family Euphorbiaceae.
83. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
87. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
89. A man distinguished by exceptional courage and nobility and strength.
91. An associate degree in applied science.
92. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
93. Massive powerful herbivorous odd-toed ungulate of southeast Asia and Africa having very thick skin and one or two horns on the snout.
94. A republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
95. Government agency created in 1974 to license and regulate nuclear power plants.
96. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
97. A pale rose-colored variety of the ruby spinel.
98. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
99. A doctor's degree in preventive medicine.
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1. The sixth month of the civil year.
2. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
3. Singing jazz.
4. A town in northern Egypt.
5. A radioactive transuranic element that is similar to uranium.
6. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
7. Combine with carbon, in chemistry.
8. Lustrous gray.
9. God of fire.
10. The brightest star in Cygnus.
11. Manufactured in standard sizes to be shipped and assembled elsewhere.
12. A gray lustrous metallic element of the rare earth group.
13. An oral cephalosporin (trade names Keflex and Keflin and Keftab) commonly prescribe for mild to moderately severe infections of the skin or ears or throat or lungs or urinary tract.
14. A British peer ranking below a Marquess and above a Viscount.
15. A small cave (usually with attractive features).
21. A solid food prepared from the pressed curd of milk.
23. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
24. A unit of weight used in some Spanish speaking countries.
29. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
31. Minute floating marine tunicate having a transparent body with an opening at each end.
33. Oldest known reptiles.
34. A trinket or piece of jewelry thought to be a protection against evil.
36. A general anesthetic (not a barbiturate) that is administered intravenously or intramuscularly.
38. Robber flies.
39. The characteristic sound produced by a bird.
42. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
43. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
47. A United Nations agency created by a multinational treaty to promote trade by the reduction of tariffs and import quotas.
49. An established custom.
51. East Indian annual erect herb.
53. Worn and broken down by hard use.
57. Challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of.
58. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
59. Jordan's port.
60. 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.
65. Small chevrotain of southeastern Asia.
66. A state in the Rocky Mountains.
69. The basic unit of money in Zambia.
70. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
71. Evergreen Indian shrub with vivid yellow flowers whose bark is used in tanning.
74. A British doctorate.
75. A long projecting or anterior elongation of an animal's head.
77. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
78. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
80. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
81. A mountainous landlocked communist state in southeastern Asia.
82. Queen of the Olympian gods in ancient Greek mythology.
83. Extremely pleasing.
84. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on land.
85. The lean flesh of a fish that is often farmed.
86. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
88. The ball-shaped capsule containing the vertebrate eye.
90. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
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