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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. The back side of the neck.
10. God of the earth.
13. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
14. The first event in a series.
15. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
16. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
17. Disorderly fighting.
18. The compass point midway between south and southeast.
19. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
21. English historian who studied the rise and fall of civilizations looking for cyclical patterns (1889-1975).
22. Being one more than one hundred.
24. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
25. A mountain range in South America running 5000 miles along the Pacific coast.
28. 30 to 300 kilohertz.
29. The residue that remains when something is burned.
31. A person who is entitled by law or by the terms of a will to inherit the estate of another.
35. An associate degree in applied science.
36. Come into the possession of something concrete or abstract.
39. (informal) Exceptionally good.
41. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
44. A small cake leavened with yeast.
50. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
53. Noisy talk.
55. A serve that strikes the net before falling into the receiver's court.
56. (music) Without breaks between notes.
58. A hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland.
59. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
60. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
61. Chiefly perennial grasses of cool temperate regions.
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1. By bad luck.
2. Kamarupan languages spoken in northeastern India and western Burma.
3. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
4. The brightest star in the sky.
5. (computer science) The part of a computer (a microprocessor chip) that does most of the data processing.
6. A widely distributed system consisting of all the cells able to ingest bacteria or colloidal particles etc, except for certain white blood cells.
7. Cause to become unblocked.
8. Someone who has committed (or been legally convicted of) a crime.
9. Goddess of love and fecundity.
10. The quarter of many North African cities in which the citadel is located.
11. (of pain or sorrow) Made easier to bear.
12. A special lineage.
20. Type genus of the Aceraceae.
23. A master's degree in literature.
26. Not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances.
27. Any orchid of the genus Disa.
30. Ready for emergency use.
32. An emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight).
33. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
34. The cry made by sheep.
37. Imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy.
38. One of the most common of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
40. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
42. Plaything consisting of a container filled with toys and candy.
43. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
45. In bed.
46. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
47. Powdery starch from certain sago palms.
48. (prefix) Outside or outer.
49. A Loloish language.
51. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
52. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
54. Of southern Europe.
57. A Russian river.
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