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1. A hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland.
4. The character flaw or error of a tragic hero that leads to his downfall.
12. (prefix) Opposite or opposing or neutralizing.
15. An adherent of any branch of Taoism.
16. Any of various widely distributed beetles.
17. Any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes.
18. First in order of birth.
20. A naturally occuring glyceride of oleic acid that is found in fats and oils.
21. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
22. A flourish added after or under your signature (originally to protect against forgery).
23. Type genus of the family Myacidae.
24. Moth having nonfunctional mouthparts as adults.
26. Being or occurring in fact or actuality.
28. The 11 southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861.
30. In the direction against a stream's current.
34. United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters.
37. The dialect of Sotho spoken by the Tswana people in Botswana.
39. Affectedly dainty or refined.
41. A purgative made from the leaves of aloe.
42. A native of ancient Troy.
44. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
45. A colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube.
47. A Native American who lived in what is now southern Colorado and Utah and northern Arizona and New Mexico and who built cliff dwellings.
49. A United States liquid unit equal to 8 fluid ounces.
50. A unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise one pound of water one degree Fahrenheit at one atmosphere pressure.
51. German engineer and automobile manufacturer who produced the first high-speed internal combustion engine (1834-1900).
52. A radioactive transuranic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons.
54. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
56. A piece of land cleared of trees and usually enclosed.
60. A nurse who has enough training to be licensed by a state to provide routine care for the sick.
63. A short introductory essay preceding the text of a book.
65. Bearing or marked with a label or tag.
70. A jaunty rhythm in music.
71. Genus of widely distributed agarics that have white spores and are poisonous with few exceptions.
74. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
75. Type genus of the Amiidae.
76. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
77. Characteristic of a mob.
78. The basic unit of money in China.
79. Genus of beetles whose grubs feed mainly on roots of plants.
80. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
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1. Any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal.
2. The basic unit of money in Western Samoa.
3. A blind god.
4. A planet (usually Venus) seen at sunset in the western sky.
5. Any of various plants of the genus Althaea.
6. Informal terms for a mother.
7. (physics and chemistry) The smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element.
8. Have confidence or faith in.
9. A step in walking or running.
10. Being one more than two.
11. An accessory or adjoining anatomical parts or appendages (especially of the embryo).
12. A condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people.
13. Kamarupan languages spoken in northeastern India and western Burma.
14. A male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917).
19. Made of earth (or baked clay).
25. Having the deep slightly brownish color of gold.
27. Soviet physicist who worked on low temperature physics (1908-1968).
29. Large herbivorous tropical American arboreal lizards with a spiny crest along the back.
31. A king of the Myrmidons and father of Achilles.
32. The quantity a scoop will hold.
33. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
35. Any of several herbs of the genus Dipsacus native to the Old World having flower heads surrounded by spiny bracts.
36. Encircle or bind.
38. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
40. A very large person.
43. Marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly experience.
46. A language spoken by the Atakapa people of the Gulf coast of Louisiana and Texas.
48. A facial expression characterized by turning up the corners of the mouth.
53. A woman's dress style that imitates the caftan cloaks worn by men in the Near East.
55. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
57. Type genus of the Meliaceae.
58. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
59. A republic on the southwestern corner of the Arabian Peninsula on the Indian Ocean.
61. A folded part (as a fold of skin or muscle).
62. Relating to or accompanying birth.
64. Tall New Zealand timber tree.
66. A small cake leavened with yeast.
67. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
68. Very dark black.
69. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
72. A rapid bustling commotion.
73. Game in which matchsticks are arranged in rows and players alternately remove one or more of them.
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