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1. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
4. Unusual or striking.
12. Surface layer of ground containing a matt of grass and grass roots.
15. Owed and payable immediately or on demand.
16. Excessively fastidious and easily disgusted.
17. An accountant certified by the state.
18. A large fleet.
20. Metal or plastic sheath over the end of a shoelace or ribbon.
21. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
22. Capital and largest city of the Czech Republic.
24. A telegram sent abroad.
26. The basic unit of money in Western Samoa.
27. An informal term for a father.
29. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
31. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
33. A Hindu prince or king in India.
37. A federally chartered savings bank.
40. Showing or causing joy and pleasure.
43. A mountainous island in eastern Indonesia.
44. One who hates or loathes.
46. Your general store of remembered information.
47. A port in southwestern Scotland.
48. An associate degree in nursing.
49. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
52. A small cake leavened with yeast.
54. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
56. Any of various Spanish fortresses or palaces built by the Moors.
58. Release from a clasp.
62. Swelling from excessive accumulation of serous fluid in tissue.
63. North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean.
65. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
66. Personnel who assist their superior in carrying out an assigned task.
69. Full of flavor.
71. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
72. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
76. Ground snakes.
78. A water wheel with buckets attached to the rim.
80. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
81. On or toward the lee.
82. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
84. 32nd President of the United States.
85. The compass point that is one point south of southeast.
86. A small square tile of stone or glass used in making mosaics.
87. The starting place for each hole on a golf course.
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1. Make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose.
2. Sorghums of dry regions of Asia and North Africa.
3. Relating to the blood vessels or blood.
4. A sodium salt of carbonic acid.
5. Any of various coarse shrubby plants of the genus Iva with small greenish flowers.
6. A colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube.
7. The father of your father or mother.
8. Of or relating to a nail or claw or hoof.
9. A jaunty rhythm in music.
10. (informal) Of the highest quality.
11. An involuntary spasm of ineffectual vomiting.
12. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
13. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
14. A challenge to do something dangerous or foolhardy.
19. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
23. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
25. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
28. Foul with waste matter.
30. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
32. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
34. Keenly excited (especially sexually) or indicating excitement.
35. The part of a ship's equipment or cargo that is thrown overboard to lighten the load in a storm.
36. The capital of Eritrea.
38. Erect bushy hairy annual herb having trifoliate leaves and purple to pink flowers.
39. Found along western Atlantic coast.
41. United States tennis player (born in Czechoslovakia) who won several singles championships.
42. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
45. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
50. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
51. Genus of sticky herbs with yellow flowers open in morning or evening but closed in bright light.
53. Climbing salamanders.
55. An associate degree in applied science.
57. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
59. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
60. Tiered seats consisting of a structure (often made of wood) where people can sit to watch an event (game or parade).
61. A characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves).
64. A river that rises in central Germany and flows north to join the Elbe River.
67. A comedy characterized by broad satire and improbable situations.
68. A male religious of an order of mendicant preachers of the gospel.
70. One of the common people.
73. A flat float (usually made of logs or planks) that can be used for transport or as a platform for swimmers.
74. Give over.
75. A unit of area (4840 square yards) used in English-speaking countries.
77. (usually followed by `to') Naturally disposed toward.
79. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
83. The branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication.
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