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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. Fed beyond capacity or desire.
10. An insecticide that is also toxic to animals and humans.
13. A dissolute man in fashionable society.
14. A medicinal drug used to evoke vomiting (especially in cases of drug overdose or poisoning).
15. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
16. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
17. Measuring instrument in which the echo of a pulse of microwave radiation is used to detect and locate distant objects.
19. Of or relating to or near the coccyx.
21. An unnaturally frenzied or distraught woman.
23. An associate degree in nursing.
24. A gray tetravalent metallic element that resembles zirconium chemically and is found in zirconium minerals.
25. A Bantu language spoken by the Chaga people in northern Tanzania.
28. The act of arousing.
32. Used especially of front teeth having artificial crowns.
35. 10 grams.
36. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
37. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
38. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
40. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
43. Eye disease consisting of an opaque white spot on the cornea.
45. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
46. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
54. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
55. A state in the United States in the central Pacific on the Hawaiian Islands.
58. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
59. A caustic detergent useful for removing grease.
60. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
61. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
62. The quality of a color as determined by its dominant wavelength.
63. Norwegian explorer of the Arctic and director of the League of Nations relief program for refugees of World War I (1861-1930).
64. The act of using.
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1. Any of several tall tropical palms native to southeastern Asia having egg-shaped nuts.
2. A fine strong sheer silky fabric made of silk or rayon or nylon.
3. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
4. Tallest living quadruped.
5. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
6. Having any of numerous bright or strong colors reminiscent of the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies.
7. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
8. Identification mark on the ear of a domestic animal.
9. The district occupied entirely by the city of Washington.
10. An administrator in charge of a division of a university or college.
11. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
12. (British) Traditional jazz as revived in the 1950s.
18. A man who is the lover of a girl or young woman.
20. A boy or man.
22. Highly excited.
26. Relating to the deepest parts of the ocean (below 6000 meters).
27. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
29. A cylindrical tower used for storing silage.
30. Starch resembling sago that is obtained from cuckoopint root.
31. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
33. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
34. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
39. A Loloish language.
41. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
42. A city in western Germany near the Dutch and Belgian borders.
43. A close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities.
44. Resembling a horse.
47. An Eskimo hut.
48. Tear down so as to make flat with the ground.
49. A platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it.
50. Used of the language of the deaf.
51. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
52. South African term for `boss'.
53. 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.
56. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
57. The compass point that is one point north of due west.
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