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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 historian noted for his constitutional history of medieval England (1825-1901).
10. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
13. The last (12th) month of the year.
14. A person who is rejected (from society or home).
15. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
16. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
17. Resembling or characteristic of or appropriate to an elegy.
19. Informal terms for a mother.
20. (Old Testament) Wife of Isaac and mother of Jacob and Esau.
22. United States golfer who won many major golf tournaments (born in 1912).
26. The superior of an abbey of monks.
32. A colorless element that is one of the six inert gasses.
33. (folklore) A corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living.
36. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
38. By bad luck.
40. How long something has existed.
41. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
44. Lacking motor coordination.
46. Offering fun and gaiety.
48. A Loloish language.
49. An associate degree in nursing.
51. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
55. A small cake leavened with yeast.
57. Chief port of Yemen.
59. A feeling of intense anger.
60. A heavy brittle diamagnetic trivalent metallic element (resembles arsenic and antimony chemically).
61. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
63. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
64. An informal term for a father.
65. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
66. (computer science) A data transmission rate (bits/second) for modems.
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1. The sixth month of the civil year.
2. The compass point that is one point east of northeast.
3. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
4. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
5. A fine grained mineral having a soft soapy feel and consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate.
6. The chief solid component of mammalian urine.
7. Above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent.
8. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
9. United States artist whose work reflected social and political themes (1898-1969).
10. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
11. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
12. The act of scanning.
18. Ratio of the hypotenuse to the opposite side.
21. An organic compound that contains a hydroxyl group bonded to a carbon atom which in turn is doubly bonded to another carbon atom.
23. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
24. Sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with gray furry ears and coat.
25. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
27. (informal) Exceptionally good.
28. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
29. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
30. Tall evergreen of Japan and China yielding valuable soft wood.
31. One thousandth of a second.
34. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
35. About three feet long exclusive of tail.
37. A humorous anecdote or remark.
39. State capital and largest city of Georgia.
40. United States artist whose work reflected social and political themes (1898-1969).
42. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
43. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
45. A sweet innocent baby.
47. A genus of Platalea.
48. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
50. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
52. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
53. An Eskimo hut.
54. Scottish philosopher of common sense who opposed the ideas of David Hume (1710-1796).
56. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
58. A light touch or stroke.
60. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
62. A unit of information equal to 1024 bytes.
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