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1. The part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands.
4. American gurnard.
12. A bachelor's degree in naval science.
15. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
16. A mountainous island in eastern Indonesia.
17. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
18. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
19. (trademark) A preparation of lindane that is used to kill lice and itch mites.
21. A coastal area between La Spezia in Italy and Cannes in France.
24. Having facets.
26. Acting by absorption through the skin.
29. Block consisting of a thick piece of something.
32. Smelling of beer.
33. Be going to.
37. A sloping mass of rocks at the base of a cliff.
39. Administration of a nutritionally adequate solution through a catheter into the vena cava.
40. Type genus of the family Unionidae.
41. (especially of promises or contracts) Having been violated or disregarded.
46. A fatal disease of cattle that affects the central nervous system.
47. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
49. Ancient Hebrew unit of liquid measure = 1.5 gallons.
50. A United Nations agency to coordinate international health activities and to help governments improve health services.
51. A piece of paper money (especially one issued by a central bank).
53. Enter into a list of prospective jurors.
55. Not subject to change or variation especially in behavior.
56. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
58. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
59. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
60. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
63. A forbidding stronghold.
68. One of two official languages of Norway.
72. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
73. Having been read.
76. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
77. Being one more than two.
80. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
81. A potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry.
82. Pig-sized tailless South American amphibious rodent with partly webbed feet.
83. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. The sixth month of the civil year.
2. Medium-sized tree having glossy lanceolate leaves.
3. Speaking a Slavic language.
4. A rare chronic progressive encephalitis caused by the measles virus and occurring primarily in children and young adults.
5. A bivalent and trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
6. Perennial or biennial herb cultivated for its delicate usually blue flowers.
7. (used especially of commodities) In the natural unprocessed condition.
8. Be obliged to pay or repay.
9. A bell tower.
10. Muslims collectively and their civilization.
11. A hard malleable ductile silvery metallic element that is resistant to corrosion.
12. Cry plaintively.
13. The central area of a church.
14. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
20. A member of a South American Indian people in Peru who were formerly the ruling class of the Inca empire.
22. Spread or diffuse through.
23. (informal) `johnny' was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War.
25. An alliance made up of states that had been Soviet Socialist Republics in the Soviet Union prior to its dissolution in Dec 1991.
27. Anticonvulsant (trade name Depokene) used to prevent some kinds of seizures.
28. Bulky grayish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail.
30. East Indian tart yellow berrylike fruit.
31. Any unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon.
34. (Welsh myth) The other world.
35. Chinese tree cultivated especially in Philippines and India for its edible fruit.
36. Spanish Catholic theologian and founder of the Society of Jesus.
38. A German machine gun.
42. A system of weights used for precious metals and gemstones.
43. An inhabitant of ancient Thebes.
44. Tall New Zealand timber tree.
45. A transuranic element that has not been found in nature.
48. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
52. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
54. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
57. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
61. Squash bugs.
62. Capital and largest city of the Czech Republic.
64. A member of an Iroquoian people formerly living on the south shore of Lake Erie in northern Ohio and northwest Pennsylvania and western New York.
65. A platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it.
66. Genus of prickly shrubs and small trees of the Caribbean region.
67. A worker (especially in an office) hired on a temporary basis.
69. (Norse mythology) The primeval giant slain by Odin and his brothers and from whose body they created the world.
70. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
71. God of love and erotic desire.
74. Black tropical American cuckoo.
75. A young woman making her debut into society.
78. 1,000,000,000 periods per second.
79. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
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