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1. A hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland.
4. Naughtily or annoyingly playful.
11. Providing sophisticated amusement by virtue of having artificially (and vulgarly) mannered or banal or sentimental qualities.
15. Feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and being unable to roar.
16. Rod-shaped motile bacteria that attack plants.
17. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
18. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
19. Threatening with damnation.
20. Round object that is hit or thrown or kicked in games.
21. Small bulb or bulb-shaped growth arising from the leaf axil or in the place of flowers.
23. Mature female of mammals of which the male is called `buck'.
25. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
28. Relating to or included in the zodiac.
32. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
33. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
34. English monk and scholar (672-735).
36. Assist or encourage, usually in some wrongdoing.
40. Type genus of the Gliridae.
44. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
45. (usually followed by `to') Full of eagerness.
47. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
50. A heavenly place (peaceful and beautiful) where those who are favored by the gods can go when they die.
53. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
54. One or some or every or all without specification.
58. A spirit believed to inhabit an object or preside over a place (especially in ancient Roman religion).
59. (Norse mythology) God of poetry and music.
62. A Gaelic-speaking Celt in Ireland or Scotland or the Isle of Man.
66. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
67. Greek mythology.
70. A mountain in the central Himalayas on the border of Tibet and Nepal (27,890 feet high).
72. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
74. Bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves.
76. An associate degree in applied science.
77. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
78. An early French settler in the Maritimes.
79. A groove or furrow (especially one in soft earth caused by wheels).
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1. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
2. Forbidden to profane use especially in South Pacific islands.
3. A set of tags and rules (conforming to SGML) for using them in developing hypertext documents.
4. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
5. A family of Ural-Altaic languages.
6. A steep-walled semicircular basin in a mountain.
7. Having or showing a tender and considerate and helpful nature.
8. The craniometric point that is the most prominent point at the back of the head (at the occipital protuberance).
9. Ratio of the opposite side to the hypotenuse.
10. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
11. Alternatively, a member of the family Nymphaeaceae.
12. An anti-TNF compound (trade name Arava) that is given orally.
13. In some classifications.
14. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
22. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
24. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
26. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
27. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
29. A member of the Siouan people formerly inhabiting the Black Hills of western South Dakota.
30. A farm where dairy products are produced.
31. Remove with or as if with a ladle.
35. A doctor's degree in religion.
37. Held back.
38. Swelling from excessive accumulation of serous fluid in tissue.
39. Being one more than two.
41. A female person who has the same parents as another person.
42. A group of southern Bantu languages.
43. A French river that flows through the heart of Paris and then northward into the English Channel.
46. A B vitamin essential for the normal function of the nervous system and the gastrointestinal tract.
48. Fungi with yellowish gelatinous sporophores having convolutions resembling those of the brain.
49. Any plant of the genus Eryngium.
51. Type genus of the family Myacidae.
52. Consistent with fact or reality.
55. Adorned by inlays.
56. The capacitance of a capacitor that has an equal and opposite charge of 1 coulomb on each plate and a voltage difference of 1 volt between the plates.
57. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
60. Avatar of Vishnu.
61. A Chadic language spoken in Chad.
63. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
64. (Old Testament) The eldest son of Isaac who would have inherited the Covenant that God made with Abraham and that Abraham passed on to Isaac.
65. For fear that.
68. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
69. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
71. Imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy.
73. A state in New England.
75. Being one more than fifty.
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