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1. Hormone released by the hypothalamus that controls the release of thyroid-stimulating hormone from the anterior pituitary.
4. A member of a Turkic people living in Turkmenistan and neighboring areas.
12. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
15. Experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness.
16. Something transitory.
17. Related by blood.
18. Discrimination against middle-aged and elderly people.
20. Talk pompously.
22. A summary that repeats the substance of a longer discussion.
23. Laborer who works in a mine.
24. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
25. Notable English cricketer (1882-1963).
27. A long noosed rope used to catch animals.
29. Small genus of evergreen trees of tropical America and western Africa.
32. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
35. An appliance that allows an object (such as a ship's compass) to remain horizontal even as its support tips.
40. (Babylonian) The sky god.
41. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
43. The sign language used in the United States.
44. A young woman.
46. A Hindu prince or king in India.
48. A class of proteins produced in lymph tissue in vertebrates and that function as antibodies in the immune response.
49. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
52. Being one more than one hundred.
53. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
55. The protoplasm of the germ cells that contains chromosomes and genes.
58. A game in which numbered balls are drawn and random and players cover the corresponding numbers on their cards.
60. A small cake leavened with yeast.
62. A doctor's degree in musical arts.
64. Interface consisting of a standard port between a computer and its peripherals that is used in some computers.
68. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
72. A widely distributed system consisting of all the cells able to ingest bacteria or colloidal particles etc, except for certain white blood cells.
73. (zoology) Relating to or resembling a member of the class Arachnida.
75. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
76. A chronic skin disease occurring primarily in women between the ages of 20 and 40.
77. An organism (especially a bacterium) that does not require air or free oxygen to live.
78. An informal term for a father.
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1. A male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917).
2. A feeling of intense anger.
3. A federally sponsored corporation that insures accounts in national banks and other qualified institutions.
4. Not eternal.
5. Being or moving higher in position or greater in some value.
6. A parallelogram with four equal sides.
7. Having any of numerous bright or strong colors reminiscent of the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies.
8. A strategically located monarchy on the southern and eastern coasts of the Arabian Peninsula.
9. The basic unit of length adopted under the System International d'Unites (approximately 1.094 yards).
10. Large west African tree having large palmately lobed leaves and axillary cymose panicles of small white flowers and one-winged seeds.
11. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
12. Jordan's port.
13. (computer science) A kind of computer architecture that has a relatively small set of computer instructions that it can perform.
14. Type genus of the Anatidae.
19. Formerly a term of respect for important white Europeans in colonial India.
21. New Zealand conifer.
26. Elder brother of Krishna.
28. A French abbot.
30. Grandson of Amaterasu and first ruler of Japan.
31. A doctor's degree in music.
33. A statement of fundamental facts or principles.
34. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
36. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
37. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
38. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
39. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
42. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
45. A native-born Israeli.
47. A town in central Belgium.
50. An artist of consummate skill.
51. A nurse who has enough training to be licensed by a state to provide routine care for the sick.
54. Someone who abuses.
56. Lower in esteem.
57. (folklore) A corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living.
59. A public promotion of some product or service.
61. Norwegian mathematician (1802-1829).
63. A manner of performance.
65. Of or relating to or characteristic of the Republic of Chad or its people or language.
66. Large genus of tropical subshrubs or herbs some of which yield fibers of mucilaginous substances.
67. Made agreeably cold (especially by ice).
69. North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean.
70. Administration of a nutritionally adequate solution through a catheter into the vena cava.
71. The organ of sight (`peeper' is an informal term for `eye').
74. 16 ounces.
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