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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. Apple grown chiefly in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley.
11. The handle of a weapon or tool.
15. (British) Sleep.
16. Resembling air or having the form of air.
17. A Spanish river.
18. (informal) Of the highest quality.
19. (Greek mythology) Goddess of fertility and protector of marriage in ancient mythology.
20. No longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life.
21. God of wealth and love.
23. Before noon.
24. Small Old and New World herons.
26. (of a liquid) Treated by having air passed or bubbled through it for purification.
28. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
29. Strike with disgust or revulsion.
32. Type genus of the Apidae.
36. A large Yoruba city in southwestern Nigeria.
42. Fiddler crabs.
43. Give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause.
45. Lacking motor coordination.
47. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
48. Toweling consisting of coarse absorbent cotton or linen fabric.
49. (of persons) Highest in rank or authority or office.
50. An early form of streetcar that was drawn by horses.
53. Moving or capable of moving readily (especially from place to place).
55. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
56. Squash bugs.
59. A military trainee (as at a military academy).
60. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
62. An Oscan-speaking member of an ancient people of Campania.
64. Sour or bitter in taste.
68. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
72. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
74. A particular environment or walk of life.
76. An associate degree in applied science.
77. Being one more than two.
78. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
80. Government agency created in 1974 to license and regulate nuclear power plants.
81. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
82. A large estate in Spanish-speaking countries.
83. A doctor's degree in preventive medicine.
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1. Jordan's port.
2. A position particularly well suited to the person who occupies it.
3. A long pointed rod used as a weapon.
4. Egyptian statesman who (as President of Egypt) negotiated a peace treaty with Menachem Begin of Israel (1918-1981).
5. Neckwear consisting of a long narrow piece of material worn (mostly by men) under a collar and tied in knot at the front.
6. A large fleet.
7. (cosmology) The original matter that (according to the big bang theory) existed before the formation of the chemical elements.
8. An engineering university in Cambridge.
9. Widely cultivated in tropical and subtropical regions for its fragrant flowers and colorful fruits.
10. (Akkadian) God ruling with his consort Ereshkigal the world of the dead.
11. Old World woody vines.
12. Assist or encourage, usually in some wrongdoing.
13. A social club for male undergraduates.
14. A member of a pastoral people living in the Nilgiri hills of southern India.
22. A cushion on a throne for a prince in India.
25. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
27. A physician who is not a specialist but treats all illnesses.
30. The thin serous membrane around the lungs and inner walls of the chest.
31. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
33. Of or relating to or attended by putrefaction.
34. A pendent spear of ice formed by the freezing of dripping water.
35. A small soft bag containing perfumed powder.
37. An early form of modern jazz (originating around 1940).
38. Love intensely.
39. A dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain.
40. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
41. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
44. A feudal lord or baron in Scotland.
46. A small tent used as a dressing room beside the sea or a swimming pool.
51. A long steep slope or cliff at the edge of a plateau or ridge.
52. 4-wheeled motor vehicle.
54. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
57. A party of people assembled in the evening (usually at a private house).
58. Stern foremost or backward.
61. Cause to be embarrassed.
63. Any of various fissiped mammals with nonretractile claws and typically long muzzles.
65. (Old Testament) Cain and Abel were the first children of Adam and Eve born after the Fall of Man.
66. English essayist (1775-1834).
67. An Iranian language spoken in Afghanistan.
69. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on land.
70. The lean flesh of a fish that is often farmed.
71. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
73. An accountant certified by the state.
75. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
79. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
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