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1. A hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary gland that controls the degree of pigmentation in melanocytes.
4. Very large deep-water snake mackerel.
11. Providing sophisticated amusement by virtue of having artificially (and vulgarly) mannered or banal or sentimental qualities.
15. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
16. An oral antidiabetic drug (trade names DiaBeta and Micronase) that stimulates the release of insulin from the pancreas.
17. Largest known toad species.
18. A town in the Andes in southern Peru.
20. A state in New England.
21. A disposition to behave in a certain way.
23. The second month of the civil year.
26. (Greek mythology) The god of the underworld in ancient mythology.
27. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
30. A rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys.
31. Treat with contempt.
33. In operation or operational.
34. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
36. An associate degree in nursing.
37. (trademark) An antacid.
39. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
40. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
43. Found near the Channel Islands.
45. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
48. The cry made by sheep.
52. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
54. An aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets.
56. A Mid-Atlantic state.
57. The hair growing on the lower part of a man's face.
59. The organ of sight (`peeper' is an informal term for `eye').
60. A theocratic republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
62. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
63. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
65. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
67. Someone who salvages.
72. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
75. Small genus of delicate mossy bog plants having white or violet flowers.
76. A genus of Indriidae.
79. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
80. Canadian hockey player (born 1948).
81. Pertaining to or near the sun.
83. Brief episode in which the brain gets insufficient blood supply.
84. A unit of force equal to the force exerted by gravity.
85. A great raja.
86. Any of various trees of the genus Ulmus.
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1. Austrian physicist and philosopher who introduced the Mach number and who founded logical positivism (1838-1916).
2. Turn sharply.
3. United States painter noted for brilliant colors and bold brushwork (1859-1935).
4. Germanic barbarian leader who ended the western Roman Empire in 476 and became the first barbarian ruler of Italy (434-493).
5. Being one more than one.
6. Acquire or gain knowledge or skills.
7. The law enforcement agency in the Justice Department.
8. That is to say.
9. Personnel who assist their superior in carrying out an assigned task.
10. An accidental happening.
11. A historical region of southwestern India on the west coast.
12. Advanced in years.
13. A reflective thinker characterized by quiet contemplation.
14. Out of fashion.
19. Another word for chromium when it is used in dyes or pigments v 1.
22. A case or sheath especially a pollen sac or moss capsule.
24. A town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern Mediterranean.
25. Of or relating to the Isle of Man or its inhabitants or their language.
28. Pod of the peanut vine containing usually 2 nuts or seeds.
29. A federally chartered savings bank.
32. Put into a rage.
35. A lyric poet.
38. Gull family.
41. English monk and scholar (672-735).
42. Of time long past.
44. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
46. Being the only one.
47. A member of the Iroquoian people formerly living east of Lake Ontario.
49. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
50. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
51. Half the width of an em.
53. An anti-TNF compound (trade name Arava) that is given orally.
55. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
58. A unit of apothecary weight equal to an eighth of an ounce or to 60 grains.
61. A refund of some fraction of the amount paid.
64. The capital of Cape Verde on Sao Tiago Island.
66. A promontory in northern Morocco opposite the Rock of Gibraltar.
68. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
69. A harp used by ancient Greeks for accompaniment.
70. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
71. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
73. A hardy cabbage with coarse curly leaves that do not form a head.
74. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
77. A unit of electrical power in an AC circuit equal to the power dissipated when 1 volt produces a current of 1 ampere.
78. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
82. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
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