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1. A hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland.
4. Nonstandard usage adv 1.
11. Distant in either space or time.
15. Of or relating to a member of the Buddhist people inhabiting the Mekong river in Laos and Thailand.
16. A city of northern Morocco at the west end of the Strait of Gibraltar.
17. Especially one side of a leaf.
18. Jordan's port.
20. A public promotion of some product or service.
21. A string of islands off the northwestern coast of Norway in the Norwegian Sea.
23. United States writer of poems and plays about racial conflict (born in 1934).
26. A large galleon sailed in the Mediterranean as a merchantman.
28. Absence of the pupil in an eye.
29. A short riding boot that fastens with a buckle at the side.
32. Strike sharply.
33. Relating to or containing the azo radical.
34. Lower in esteem.
37. A hat that is round and black and hard with a narrow brim.
41. Having the slant of a bevel.
43. The act of mimicking.
45. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
46. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
47. Having awns i.e. bristle- or hair-like appendages on the flowering parts of some cereals and grasses.
50. Type genus of the Anatidae.
51. Overly eager speed (and possible carelessness).
52. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
53. Any of the short curved hairs that grow from the edges of the eyelids.
55. (Irish) The sea personified.
57. Mated sexually.
59. A republic in southwestern Africa on the Atlantic Ocean.
63. A white or colorless vitreous insoluble solid (SiO2).
68. Singing jazz.
69. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
71. Relating to, or coming from, Europe and Asia.
72. United States architect (born in China in 1917).
75. Used of a single unit or thing.
76. A doctor's degree in education.
77. The quantity that a cart holds.
78. A coenzyme derived from the B vitamin nicotinic acid.
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1. Block consisting of a thick piece of something.
2. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
3. Showing characteristics of age, especially having gray or white hair.
4. A member of an Indian people formerly living along the Gulf coast of Louisiana and Texas.
5. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
6. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
7. One of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
8. Of or relating to the stomach and intestines.
9. Occupied or in the control of.
10. Of or relating to the ancient city of Troy or its inhabitants.
11. Abbreviation of a word by omitting the final sound or sounds.
12. Binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid.
13. A yellow pungent volatile oil (trade name Agene) formerly used for bleaching and aging flour.
14. A woman gossip.
19. German organist and contrapuntist (1685-1750).
22. The face or front of a building.
24. A popular island resort in the Netherlands Antilles.
25. A state in northwestern North America.
27. A member of a North American Plains people (now living in Oklahoma and Wyoming).
30. A chronic disease of the nose characterized by a foul-smelling nasal discharge and atrophy of nasal structures.
31. An industrial region in the Ukraine.
35. United States politician who arranged for the purchase of Alaska from Russia (known at the time as Seward's Folly) (1801-1872).
36. Painter (born in Germany, resident of France and the United States) who was a cofounder of Dadaism.
38. The basic unit of money in Iran.
39. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
40. A member of an extinct North American Indian people who lived in the Pit river valley in northern California.
42. (Babylonian) Consort of Nabu.
44. Up to the present time.
48. 1 species.
49. Brazilian statesman who ruled Brazil as a virtual dictator (1883-1954).
54. Type genus of the Otariidae.
56. Relating to or existing in the mind or thoughts.
58. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
60. Edible bulb of an onion plant.
61. A woody climbing usually tropical plant.
62. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
64. Made agreeably cold (especially by ice).
65. Set down according to a plan.
66. British politician (1788-1850).
67. 4-wheeled motor vehicle.
70. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
73. The district occupied entirely by the city of Washington.
74. A unit of weight equivalent to 1000 kilograms.
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