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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 strength of a electrical current measured in amperes.
12. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
15. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
16. A scolding (even vicious) old woman.
17. An unabridged dictionary constructed on historical principles.
18. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
19. Thin epithelial membrane lining the ventricles of the brain and the spinal cord canal.
20. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
21. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
23. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
24. Aroused to impatience or anger.
26. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
27. On or toward the lee.
28. Little known Kamarupan languages.
31. The French defeated the Austrian and Prussian troops in 1792 (with a famous cannonade from the French artillery).
33. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
37. Consistent with or based on or using reason.
40. A crown-like jewelled headdress worn by women on formal occasions.
41. From 40 million to 58 million years ago.
42. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
45. The nest of a squirrel.
46. A soft gray ductile metallic element used in alloys.
47. (obstetrics) The number of live-born children a woman has delivered.
49. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
51. The federal department responsible for safeguarding national security.
52. A canvas or leather bag for carrying game (especially birds) killed by a hunter.
58. A promontory in northern Morocco opposite the Rock of Gibraltar.
59. Scottish philosopher of common sense who opposed the ideas of David Hume (1710-1796).
61. (informal) Being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition.
62. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
64. A state in the western United States.
66. In societies practicing shamanism.
68. A fighter plane used for suicide missions by Japanese pilots in World War II.
73. Type genus of the Canidae.
75. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
76. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
77. Prepared by cutting.
81. The United Nations agency concerned with international maritime activities.
82. A beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water.
83. The state of being everywhere at once (or seeming to be everywhere at once).
84. A local computer network for communication between computers.
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1. By bad luck.
2. Kamarupan languages spoken in northeastern India and western Burma.
3. The act of scanning.
4. Having the leading position or higher score in a contest.
5. A diagrammatic representation of the earth's surface (or part of it).
6. Receives blood from the head and arms and chest and empties into the right atrium of the heart.
7. Bulky grayish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail.
8. (usually followed by `of') Released from something onerous (especially an obligation or duty).
9. Characterized by an absence of force or forcefulness.
10. In a plucky manner.
11. Related on the mother's side.
12. A young horse.
13. (Greek mythology) The goddess of youth and spring.
14. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
22. The lofty nest of a bird of prey (such as a hawk or eagle).
25. Tropical New World lizard with a long tail and large rectangular scales on the belly and a long tail.
29. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
30. (of securities) Not quoted on a stock exchange.
32. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
34. (Babylonian) The chief Babylonian god.
35. Small space in a tissue or part such as the area between veins on a leaf or an insect's wing.
36. An internationally recognized distress signal via radiotelephone (from the French m'aider).
38. In operation or operational.
39. Type genus of the Nepidae.
43. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
44. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
48. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
50. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
53. Large genus of evergreen lianas of tropical America.
54. Fragrant resin obtain from trees of the family Burseraceae and used as incense.
55. Tall feather palm of northern Brazil with hard-shelled nuts yielding valuable oil and a kind of vegetable ivory.
56. Italian baroque composer and violinist (1675-1741).
57. Unaged colorless liquor originating in Russia.
60. (Sumerian) Legendary friend of Gilgamish.
63. An associate degree in nursing.
65. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
67. Exhibiting or restored to vigorous good health.
69. Being precisely fitting and right.
70. Fleshy and usually brightly colored cover of some seeds that develops from the ovule stalk and partially or entirely envelopes the seed.
71. The battle in 202 BC in which Scipio decisively defeated Hannibal at the end of the second Punic War.
72. Very dark black.
74. One-thousandth of an equivalent.
78. A hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red blood cells their characteristic color.
79. A state in New England.
80. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
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