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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 condition of having no arms.
12. Inquire about.
15. A cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt.
16. A watercourse that carries water away from a mill or water wheel or turbine.
17. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
18. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
20. Wood of a sumac.
21. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
22. The wife of a sheik.
24. Term of address for a man.
26. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
27. A short composition for a solo instrument.
29. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
31. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
33. (Old Testament) The son of Abraham who was cast out after the birth of Isaac.
37. Conqueror of Gaul and master of Italy (100-44 BC).
41. United States choreographer noted for his use of African elements (born in 1931).
42. The compass point that is one point east of northeast.
43. A monocotyledonous genus of the family Iridaceae.
45. The universal time coordinated when an event is received on Earth.
46. The capital and largest city of Japan.
48. A fraudulent business scheme.
51. An artistic form of nonverbal communication.
53. An narrative telling the adventures of a hero or a family.
54. A cylindrical tower used for storing silage.
55. (southwestern United States) A stream or brook.
57. Iraqi leader who waged war against Iran and who invaded Kuwait (born in 1937).
59. A Bantu language spoken by the Chaga people in northern Tanzania.
63. A colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube.
64. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
69. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
73. A vinyl polymer used especially in paints or adhesives.
77. The act of slowing down or falling behind.
78. Rate of revolution of a motor.
79. One related on the mother's side.
80. United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters.
81. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
82. An antineoplastic drug used to treat certain malignancies.
83. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
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1. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
2. The Hebrew patriarch who saved himself and his family and the animals by building an ark in which they survived 40 days and 40 nights of rain.
3. Type genus of the Soleidae.
4. A member of an Indian people formerly living along the Gulf coast of Louisiana and Texas.
5. German organist and contrapuntist (1685-1750).
6. A state in New England.
7. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
8. Small jar.
9. A group of North African languages related to Semitic.
10. (Greek mythology) Son of Daedalus.
11. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
12. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
13. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
14. God of love and erotic desire.
19. (biology) Covered with hairs especially fine soft ones.
23. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
25. (prefix) Half or partial.
28. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
30. English monk and scholar (672-735).
32. A member of an Iroquoian people formerly living on the south shore of Lake Erie in northern Ohio and northwest Pennsylvania and western New York.
34. Inability to perceive written words.
35. In an unnatural eery manner.
36. English writer of historical romances (1803-1873).
38. Very dark black.
39. Having unsuitable feminine qualities.
40. Tropical American tree producing cacao beans.
44. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
47. A large mass of ice floating at sea.
49. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
50. A city in western Germany.
52. An enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals are kept.
56. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
58. An organization of independent states to promote international peace and security.
60. A shelter serving as a place of safety or sanctuary.
61. An anti-TNF compound (trade name Arava) that is given orally.
62. Not in accordance with the fact or reality or actuality.
65. French filmmaker (1908-1982).
66. A Spanish river.
67. An investment trust that owns and manages a pool of commercial properties and mortgages and other real estate asssets.
68. A socially awkward or tactless act.
70. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
71. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
72. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
74. The local time at the 0 meridian passing through Greenwich, England.
75. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
76. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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