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1. A hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary gland that controls the degree of pigmentation in melanocytes.
4. French philosopher and theologian.
11. A thin wedge of material (wood or metal or stone) for driving into crevices.
15. (informal) Of the highest quality.
16. A book or pamphlet containing an enumeration of things.
17. A stick that people can lean on to help them walk.
18. God of death.
20. The battle in 202 BC in which Scipio decisively defeated Hannibal at the end of the second Punic War.
22. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
26. Showing or causing joy and pleasure.
29. A Brazilian river.
32. A bomb with incendiary effects.
36. A member of the Uniat Church.
37. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
39. An orange-brown antelope of southeast Africa.
40. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
41. A fixed number of lines of verse forming a unit of a poem.
43. Neither warm or very cold.
46. Either of two folds of skin that can be moved to cover or open the eye.
47. A town in southwestern Idaho.
50. The content of cognition.
52. American novelist (1909-1955).
53. A state of northeastern India.
54. A port city in southern Kenya on a coral island in a bay of the Indian Ocean.
56. Spicy fruit of the cubeb vine.
59. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
60. A Powhatan Indian woman (the daughter of Powhatan) who befriended the English at Jamestown and is said to have saved Captain John Smith's life (1595-1617).
64. A deep opening in the earth's surface.
67. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
70. A submachine gun operated by gas pressure.
71. A mythical Greek warrior who was a leader on the Trojan side of the Trojan War.
73. A wall hanging of heavy handwoven fabric with pictorial designs.
76. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
77. A master's degree in business.
78. Put into digital form, as for use in a computer.
80. A member of a Mayan people of southwestern Guatemala.
81. The foot of a human being.
82. Any plant of the genus Andryala having milky sap and heads of bright yellow flowers.
83. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. Informal terms for a mother.
2. A fraudulent business scheme.
3. A man distinguished by exceptional courage and nobility and strength.
4. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
5. A shop where a variety of goods are sold.
6. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
7. Young sheep.
8. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
9. An artificial language for international use that rejects rejects all existing words and is based instead on an abstract analysis of ideas.
10. 1/10 gram.
11. Scarabaeid beetle considered divine by ancient Egyptians.
12. One who works hard at boring tasks.
13. A ruler of the Inca Empire (or a member of his family).
14. The flesh of animals (including fishes and birds and snails) used as food.
19. Of or relating to or characteristic of the prehistoric Aegean civilization.
21. The brightest star in Cygnus.
23. (football) Defensive players try to break through the offensive line.
24. South American plant cultivated for its large fragrant trumpet-shaped flowers.
25. Register formally.
27. An informal term for a father.
28. A radioactive transuranic element.
30. An artificial language related to Ido.
31. An ornamental jewelled headdress signifying sovereignty.
33. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
34. Arboreal snake of central and southern Africa whose bite is often fatal.
35. Eurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and bright pink flowers followed by scarlet hips.
38. The highest level or degree attainable.
42. Squash bugs.
44. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
45. A vehicle resembling a bicycle but having skis instead of wheels.
48. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
49. Assist or encourage, usually in some wrongdoing.
51. Lower in esteem.
55. A large fleet.
57. A mountainous region in central Italy.
58. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
61. Any property detected by the olfactory system.
62. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
63. (Jungian psychology) The inner self (not the external persona) that is in touch with the unconscious.
65. (Greek mythology) The goddess of youth and spring.
66. Type genus of the Anatidae.
68. Dense growth of hairs covering the body or parts of it (as on the human head).
69. Showily imitative of art or artists.
72. Estrangement from god.
74. The sign language used in the United States.
75. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
79. A ductile silvery-white ductile ferromagnetic trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
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