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1. A hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary gland that controls the degree of pigmentation in melanocytes.
4. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
10. The syllable naming the first (tonic) note of any major scale in solmization.
13. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
14. Surveying instrument consisting of the upper movable part of a theodolite including the telescope and its attachments.
15. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
16. A loud utterance.
17. Provide with choice or abundant food or drink.
18. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
19. An attendant who carries the golf clubs for a player.
21. A person forced to flee from home or country.
23. Transient cessation of respiration.
25. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
27. An associate degree in nursing.
28. Electronic warfare undertaken to insure effective friendly use of the electromagnetic spectrum in spite of the enemy's use of electronic warfare.
33. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
38. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
39. Being one more than one hundred.
40. Type genus of the Cariamidae comprising only the crested cariama.
44. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
45. (trademark) A tinned luncheon meat made largely from pork.
48. Not only so, but.
52. A large fleet.
54. (Greek mythology) A maiden who was first a sculpture created by Pygmalion and was brought to life by Aphrodite in answer to Pygmalion's prayers.
57. A woody climbing usually tropical plant.
59. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
60. An edge tool used to cut and shape wood.
61. A member of the Algonquian people formerly inhabiting the Maritime Provinces of Canada.
63. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
64. Towards the side away from the wind.
65. Requiring secret or mysterious knowledge.
66. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. Joint capital (with Riyadh) of Saudi Arabia.
2. An elongated leather strip (or or strip of similar material) for binding things together or holding something in position.
3. Austrian composer who influenced the classical form of the symphony (1732-1809).
4. Of or relating to or venerating the Virgin Mary.
5. On or toward the lee.
6. Gear (including necessary machinery) for a particular enterprise.
7. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
8. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
9. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
10. Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods.
11. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
12. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
20. No longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life.
22. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
24. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
26. Before noon.
29. Counting the number of white and red blood cells and the number of platelets in 1 cubic millimeter of blood.
30. Small beads made from polished shells and formerly used as money by native Americans.
31. The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on.
32. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
34. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
35. A public promotion of some product or service.
36. A military dictatorship in North Africa on the Mediterranean.
37. The inner and thicker of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle.
41. A member of one of the four divisions of the prehistoric Greeks.
42. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
43. A strategically located monarchy on the southern and eastern coasts of the Arabian Peninsula.
46. A feeling of self-respect and personal worth.
47. Affect with wonder.
49. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
50. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
51. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
53. Fallow deer.
55. A cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment).
56. The basic unit of money in Western Samoa.
58. A federal agency that supervises carriers that transport goods and people between states.
62. A heavy brittle metallic element of the platinum group.
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