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1. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
4. Rhizomatous herb of India having aromatic seeds used as seasoning.
12. The compass point midway between south and southwest.
15. A user interface based on graphics (icons and pictures and menus) instead of text.
16. Dependent on chance.
17. Of or relating to a member of the Buddhist people inhabiting the Mekong river in Laos and Thailand.
18. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
19. Someone who listens attentively.
20. An honorary degree in science.
21. A port city in southwestern Turkey on the Gulf of Antalya.
23. Scottish chemist noted for his research into the structure of nucleic acids (born in 1907).
25. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
26. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
27. A dress worn primarily by Hindu women.
30. Malicious burning to destroy property.
32. Small deciduous Asiatic tree bearing large red or orange edible astringent fruit.
34. A light touch or stroke.
36. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
37. An aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect.
40. A signal transmitted along a narrow path.
43. Hindu sacred text instructing the Brahmins to perform the Vedic rituals.
48. A resource.
49. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
50. The compass point midway between east and southeast.
52. A number of sheets of paper fastened together along one edge.
53. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
56. Abbreviation of a word by omitting the final sound or sounds.
58. More than enough in size or scope or capacity.
60. Boiled or baked buckwheat.
62. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
63. A state in midwestern United States.
64. Made warm or hot.
65. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
67. A rudaceous rock consisting of sharp fragments embedded in clay or sand.
71. Of or relating to the United States of America or its people or language or culture.
76. Read anew.
78. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
79. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
80. From 63 million to 230 million years ago.
82. Any federal law-enforcement officer.
83. A chronic skin disease occurring primarily in women between the ages of 20 and 40.
84. A river in northeastern Brazil that flows generally northward to the Atlantic Ocean.
85. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
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1. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
2. Two items of the same kind.
3. Seizure of a vehicle in transit either to rob it or divert it to an alternate destination.
4. City in southwestern Colombia in a rich agricultural area.
5. A name that has been assumed temporarily.
6. A widely distributed system consisting of all the cells able to ingest bacteria or colloidal particles etc, except for certain white blood cells.
7. Thorn apple.
8. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.
9. A gambling card game of Spanish origin.
10. Chocolate cookie with white cream filling.
11. Swedish economist (1898-1987).
12. A caustic detergent useful for removing grease.
13. United States anarchist (born in Italy) who with Bartolomeo Vanzetti was convicted of murder and in spite of world-wide protest was executed (1891-1927).
14. Chief god.
22. English film actress (1913-1967).
24. 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.
28. Chief port of Yemen.
29. The compass point that is one point north of due east.
31. A several-seeded dehiscent fruit as e.g. of a leguminous plant.
33. Any chamber that is connected to other chambers or passageways (especially one of the two upper chambers of the heart).
35. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
38. Spread or diffuse through.
39. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
41. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
42. (from a combination of MOdulate and DEModulate) Electronic equipment consisting of a device used to connect computers by a telephone line.
44. A public promotion of some product or service.
45. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
46. Not only so, but.
47. The corporate executive responsible for the operations of the firm.
51. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
54. Used especially of fruits.
55. A Loloish language.
57. The basic unit of money in Ghana.
59. Capital of the state of South Dakota.
61. A fixed number of lines of verse forming a unit of a poem.
66. Any of several tall tropical palms native to southeastern Asia having egg-shaped nuts.
68. Being or occurring in fact or actuality.
69. Providing sophisticated amusement by virtue of having artificially (and vulgarly) mannered or banal or sentimental qualities.
70. The content of cognition.
72. Any of a group of antidepressant drugs that inhibit the action of monoamine oxidase in the brain and so allow monoamines to accumulate.
73. (British slang) Cafe.
74. In bed.
75. A quantity of no importance.
77. A male human offspring.
81. A soft silver-white or yellowish metallic element of the alkali metal group.
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