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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. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
9. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
13. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
14. (Assyrian) Chief god of the Assyrians.
15. Consistent with fact or reality.
16. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
17. Perennial mountain rice native to Mediterranean region and introduced into North America.
18. Queen of the Olympian gods in ancient Greek mythology.
19. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
21. An ancient musical horn made from the horn of a ram.
25. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
28. Minor or subordinate.
29. (computer science) A computer that is running software that allows users to leave messages and access information of general interest.
32. East Indian tree bearing an edible yellow berry.
37. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
38. A group of African language in the Niger-Congo group spoken from the Ivory Coast east to Nigeria.
39. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
41. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
43. (zoology) Relating to frogs and toads.
45. A blank leaf in the front of back of a book.
49. Any competition.
50. An unfledged or nestling hawk.
51. God of love and erotic desire.
54. Being one hundred more than two hundred.
59. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
60. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
61. Type genus of the Anhimidae.
62. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
63. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
64. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
65. A coenzyme derived from the B vitamin nicotinic acid.
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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. Distinctive and stylish elegance.
5. A belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school.
6. Massive powerful herbivorous odd-toed ungulate of southeast Asia and Africa having very thick skin and one or two horns on the snout.
7. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
8. United States singer and film actor (1904-1977).
9. An autonomous area in northeastern Greece that is the site of several Greek Orthodox monasteries founded in the tenth century.
10. Manufactured in standard sizes to be shipped and assembled elsewhere.
11. A sensation (as of a cold breeze or bright light) that precedes the onset of certain disorders such as a migraine attack or epileptic seizure.
12. Located in or toward the back or rear.
20. Highly excited.
22. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
23. A master's degree in business.
24. A unit of information equal to one million (1,048,576) bytes.
26. The sound made by corvine birds.
27. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
30. A small cake leavened with yeast.
31. The act of scanning.
33. The compass point that is one point east of southeast.
34. An elegantly dressed man (often with affected manners).
35. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
36. In a murderous frenzy as if possessed by a demon.
40. Type genus of the Cariamidae comprising only the crested cariama.
42. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
44. 40th President of the United States (1911- ).
46. A school for students intermediate between elementary school and college.
47. West Indian evergreen with medium to long leaves.
48. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
52. The arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek.
53. In bed.
55. The bill in a restaurant.
56. A unit of conductance equal to the reciprocal of an ohm.
57. Top part of an apron.
58. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
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