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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. Characteristic of a baby.
11. The inner and longer of the two bones of the human forearm.
15. The last (12th) month of the year.
16. (Greek mythology) A river in Hades across which the souls of the dead were carried by Charon.
17. Period extending from Dec. 24 to Jan. 6.
18. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
19. Having a hardened crust as a covering.
21. A monocotyledonous flowering plant.
24. An informal term for a father.
25. Sudden mass fear and anxiety over anticipated events.
27. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
30. In operation or operational.
31. Restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place.
35. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
37. Seed of a pea plant.
38. The capital of Bahrain.
42. A legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body.
45. Chief port of Yemen.
46. A major European river carrying more traffic than any other river in the world.
49. An imaginary elephant that appears in a series of French books for children.
50. Bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves.
51. An organism especially a bacterium that requires air or free oxygen for life.
53. Any of several shrubs or small evergreen trees having solitary white or pink or reddish flowers.
55. A beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water.
56. A bin that holds rubbish until it is collected.
58. A small cake leavened with yeast.
61. A metal frame or container holding cartridges.
63. A public promotion of some product or service.
67. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
70. Belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler.
71. Someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential).
72. Unsegmented worms.
74. 10 hao equal 1 dong.
75. The chance to speak.
76. A fibrous amphibole.
77. Any high mountain.
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1. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
2. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
3. The act of scanning.
4. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
5. Coelenterate genus of order Madreporaria, including staghorn corals.
6. A native or inhabitant of Bhutan.
7. An affirmative.
8. An Asian river.
9. A source of oil.
10. A colorless explosive liquid that is volatile and poisonous and foul-smelling.
11. An agency of the United Nations responsible for programs to aid education and the health of children and mothers in developing countries.
12. A strong positive emotion of regard and affection.
13. French physicist noted for research on magnetism (born in 1904).
14. Of or being the lowest female voice.
20. The opening into the stomach and that part of the stomach connected to the esophagus.
22. A drama set to music.
23. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
26. A song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person.
28. Any member of Athapaskan tribes that migrated to the southwestern desert (from Arizona to Texas and south into Mexico).
29. Someone who rants and raves.
32. (of snakes and eels) Naturally footless.
33. A rosid dicot genus that includes moon carrots.
34. A narrow headband or strip of ribbon worn as a headband.
36. The square of a body of any size of type.
39. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
40. 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.
41. Understood in a certain way.
43. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
44. Small family of usually tropical butterflies.
47. A tiny or scarcely detectable amount.
48. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
52. Imperial moths.
54. A state in southeastern India on the Bay of Bengal (south of Andhra Pradesh).
57. A cloth covering (a legging) that provides covering for the instep and ankles.
59. A city in northern India.
60. Being or befitting or characteristic of an infant.
62. One of the jointed appendages of an animal used for locomotion or grasping.
64. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
65. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
66. Make or move along with a sound as of a horse's hooves striking the ground.
68. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
69. A very small circular shape.
73. An uproarious party.
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