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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. Generally approved or compelling recognition.
12. A sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow).
15. A colloid in a more solid form than a sol.
16. Evergreen mat-forming shrub of North America and northern Eurasia having small white flowers and red berries.
17. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
18. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
19. A steep-walled semicircular basin in a mountain.
20. Type genus of the Gavidae.
22. A change from one state to the opposite state.
24. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
26. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
27. Shaped and dried dough made from flour and water and sometimes egg.
28. (used of count nouns) Every one considered individually.
29. Title for the former hereditary monarch of Iran.
32. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
34. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
38. A woman's large folded hooped hood.
40. A New England state.
42. Any of numerous low-growing cushion-forming plants of the genus Draba having rosette-forming leaves and terminal racemes of small flowers with scapose or leafy stems.
43. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
47. In a murderous frenzy as if possessed by a demon.
48. (Norse mythology) One of the Aesir known for his beauty and skill with bow and skis.
49. An order of Eutheria.
50. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
51. The German state.
53. (Greek mythology) Winged goddess of victory.
55. Showing deterioration from age.
57. In a weak and unconvincing manner.
59. A leisurely walk (usually in some public place).
61. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
62. A large mountain system in south-central Europe.
65. Not acknowledging the God of Christianity and Judaism and Islam.
67. A small ball with a hole through the middle.
71. The act or process of measuring.
73. Very spicy sauce made from tabasco peppers.
75. An island in Indonesia east of Java.
76. Give life-like qualities to.
79. A slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with water.
80. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
81. Of or relating to Dante Alighieri or his writings.
82. A unit of force equal to the force that imparts an acceleration of 1 foot/sec/sec to a mass of 1 pound.
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1. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
2. The compass point that is one point east of northeast.
3. Speaking a Slavic language.
4. The capital and largest city of Ghana with a deep-water port.
5. Extending or lying across.
6. A hard medicated paste made of lard or oil mixed with wax or resin.
7. One of two flaps attached to a cap to keep the ears warm.
8. A unit of pressure.
9. 100 thebe equal 1 pula.
10. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
11. 10 grams.
12. An island in Indonesia south of Borneo.
13. The capital of Western Samoa.
14. Massive plantigrade carnivorous or omnivorous mammals with long shaggy coats and strong claws.
21. A member of the Semitic speaking people of northern Ethiopia.
23. An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel.
25. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
30. A community of people smaller than a village.
31. Paralysis of the vocal cords resulting in an inability to speak.
33. Any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia.
35. The wrist bone in line with the 4th and 5th fingers.
36. (anatomy) Opposite to or away from the mouth.
37. A workplace where baked goods (breads and cakes and pastries) are produced or sold.
39. A political leader (especially of Tammany Hall).
41. (South African) A journey by ox wagon (especially an organized migration by a group of settlers).
44. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
45. (plate tectonic theory) A hypothetical continent including all the landmass of the earth prior to the Triassic period when it split into Laurasia and Gondwanaland.
46. A unit of weight used in east Asia approximately equal to 1.3 ounces.
52. Characteristic of the classical artistic and literary traditions.
54. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
56. A town in northern Michigan on an arm of Lake Huron.
58. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
60. French composer noted for his experimentalism and rejection of romanticism (1866-1925).
63. A light springing movement upwards or forwards.
64. Very light colored.
66. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for aviation and spaceflight.
68. A program under which employees regularly accumulate shares and may ultimately assume control of the company.
69. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
70. A small replica of a person.
72. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
74. (in Scotland or Ireland) A mountain or tall hill.
77. Not out.
78. A unit of weight equivalent to 1000 kilograms.
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