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1. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
4. Flightless New Zealand birds similar to gallinules.
10. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
13. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
14. Any organic compound formed by adding alcohol molecules to aldehyde molecules.
15. The sound made by a cow or bull.
16. (informal) Of the highest quality.
17. Straighten up or out.
18. The federal department that administers federal program dealing with better housing and urban renewal.
19. Large genus of tropical American vines having showy often spotted umbellate flowers.
22. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
23. A soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent and univalent) metallic element.
24. A card game for 2 players.
28. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
29. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
31. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
34. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
37. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
38. A human female who does housework.
40. A soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element.
41. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
43. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
45. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
47. A small cake leavened with yeast.
51. Related on the father's side.
55. Imperial moths.
57. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
58. Of a period of maximal use or demand or activity.
61. A system of one or more computers and associated software with common storage.
62. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
64. Flat tableland with steep edges.
65. The airforce of Great Britain.
66. (Old Testament) The wife of Abraham and mother of Isaac.
67. Affectedly dainty or refined.
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1. Jordan's port.
2. Decoration consisting of the layout and furnishings of a livable interior.
3. A complex red organic pigment containing iron and other atoms to which oxygen binds.
4. A zodiacal constellation in the northern hemisphere near Orion.
5. An inflammatory disease involving the sebaceous glands of the skin.
6. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
7. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.
8. Having or involving the use of hands.
9. Late time of life.
10. A member of the Semitic speaking people of northern Ethiopia.
11. The state of being unsure of something.
12. An elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade.
20. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
21. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
25. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
26. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
27. (computer science) A coding system that incorporates extra parity bits in order to detect errors.
30. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
32. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
33. Fallow deer.
35. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
36. A bachelor's degree in religion.
39. (Old Testament) Wife of Isaac and mother of Jacob and Esau.
40. Late time of life.
42. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
44. The cry made by sheep.
46. A New England state.
48. Used of the older of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a father from his son.
49. Pepsi Cola is a trademarked cola.
50. State in northeastern India.
52. Offering fun and gaiety.
53. Marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly experience.
54. An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel.
55. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
56. Providing sophisticated amusement by virtue of having artificially (and vulgarly) mannered or banal or sentimental qualities.
57. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
59. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
60. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
63. A bachelor's degree in science.
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