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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. A medium for oil-paints.
10. (informal) Uncomplimentary terms for a policeman.
13. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
14. Paralysis of the vocal cords resulting in an inability to speak.
15. (informal) Of the highest quality.
16. A vinyl polymer used especially in paints or adhesives.
17. An atom or molecule or radical or ion that forms a complex around a central atom.
18. A magnetic tape recorder for recording (and playing back) TV programs.
19. (medical) Any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease.
21. Hard greenish-brown wood of the lignum vitae tree and other trees of the genus Guaiacum.
23. Constituting the full quantity or extent.
25. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
26. By bad luck.
29. A long projecting or anterior elongation of an animal's head.
31. Capital and largest city of Iraq.
34. Provide commentary for a film, for example.
39. Seed vessel having hooks or prickles.
40. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
41. The dialect of Ancient Greek spoken in Thessaly and Boeotia and Aeolis.
42. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
46. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
47. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
48. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.
49. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
52. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
57. Any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse.
61. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
62. Bearded reddish sheep of southern Asia.
63. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
64. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
65. Strong lightweight wood of the balsa tree used especially for floats.
66. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
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1. A large mountain system in south-central Europe.
2. An organization of military naval forces.
3. A fraudulent business scheme.
4. A member of the Dravidian people living in northern Bengal in eastern India.
5. British poet (born in the United States) who won the Nobel prize for literature (1888-1965).
6. A comedian who uses gags.
7. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
8. Water chestnut whose spiny fruit has two rather than 4 prongs.
9. A city in Veneto.
10. Type genus of the Caviidae.
11. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
12. Type genus of the Percidae.
20. An anxiety disorder associated with serious traumatic events and characterized by such symptoms as guilt about surviving or reliving the trauma in dreams or numbness and lack of involvement with reality or recurrent thoughts and images.
22. (informal British usage) Aggravation or aggression.
24. United States tennis player (born in Czechoslovakia) who won several singles championships.
27. Praise, glorify, or honor.
28. A city in northern India.
30. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
32. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
33. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
35. A long noosed rope used to catch animals.
36. Any high mountain.
37. Brief episode in which the brain gets insufficient blood supply.
38. (computer science) A coding system that incorporates extra parity bits in order to detect errors.
43. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
44. Attack someone physically or emotionally.
45. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
50. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
51. Make an etching of.
53. Type genus of the Anatidae.
54. Located in or toward the back or rear.
55. A small cake leavened with yeast.
56. Decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers.
58. Give a nickname to.
59. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
60. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
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