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1. Anterior pituitary hormone that stimulates the function of the thyroid gland.
4. Any of the short curved hairs that grow from the edges of the eyelids.
11. Fallow deer.
15. Grass mowed and cured for use as fodder.
16. A windstorm that lifts up clouds of dust or sand.
17. A less than average tide occurring at the first and third quarters of the moon.
18. A rapid bustling commotion.
19. Relatively small long-winged tube-nosed bird that flies far from land.
21. Of or in or relating to the nose.
23. Remove from memory or existence.
25. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
26. Of or relating to or near the pudendum.
28. A corporation authorized by Congress to provide a secondary market for residential mortgages.
31. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
32. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
33. The main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants.
36. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
41. A kind of polyester fabric.
42. A port and tourist center in southwestern Italy.
45. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
47. An utterance expressing pain or disapproval.
48. Tuberous or rhizomatous herbaceous perennials.
51. Large tree of Trinidad and Guyana having odd-pinnate leaves and violet-scented axillary racemes of yellow flowers and long smooth pods.
52. White Southerner supporting Reconstruction policies after the Civil War usually for self-interest.
55. A wooden pin pushed or driven into a surface.
56. A ridge that forms a seam between two parts.
61. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
63. A wired or starched collar of intricate lace.
65. An imaginary elephant that appears in a series of French books for children.
68. The town was taken from the Turks by the Russians in 1877 after a siege of 143 days.
70. The use of nuclear magnetic resonance of protons to produce proton density images.
73. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
75. The capital of Morocco.
77. Fill to satisfaction.
78. Having an oblique or slanted direction.
80. Informal terms for a (young) woman.
81. At a previous time.
82. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
83. A set of questions or exercises evaluating skill or knowledge.
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1. Innovative United States dancer and choreographer (born in 1941).
2. (Hinduism) An ascetic holy man.
3. Of or relating to the hyoid bone n.
4. A parliamentary monarchy in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.
5. Production of a certain amount.
6. The universal time coordinated when an event is received on Earth.
7. A siren of German legend who lured boatmen in the Rhine to destruction.
8. Type genus of the Aceraceae.
9. Strike with a flat object.
10. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
11. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
12. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
13. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
14. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
20. A disease caused by deficiency of niacin or tryptophan (or by a defect in the metabolic conversion of tryptophan to niacin).
22. A long projecting or anterior elongation of an animal's head.
24. Wearing footgear.
27. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
29. Typically having large ears and feeding primarily on insects.
30. Long pod containing small beans and sweetish edible pulp.
34. The soccer or hockey player assigned to protect the goal.
35. The cardinal number that is the sum of eight and one.
37. A lawman concerned with narcotics violations.
38. Relating to or having the characteristics of bees.
39. A way of regarding situations or topics etc..
40. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
43. The capital and largest city of Norway.
44. (South African) A camp defended by a circular formation of wagons.
46. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
50. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
53. The compass point that is one point north of northeast.
64. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
66. Informal or slang terms for mentally irregular.
72. A distinct part that can be specified separately in a group of things that could be enumerated on a list.
79. A metallic element of the rare earth group.
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