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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. A mechanical device that prevents a vessel from moving.
10. Either extremity of something that has length.
13. Towards the side away from the wind.
14. Tree of the Amazon valley yielding a light brittle timber locally regarded as resistant to insect attack.
15. 100 pyas equal 1 kyat.
16. A genus of Indriidae.
18. Be teeming, be abuzz.
19. Grass mowed and cured for use as fodder.
20. A deep bow.
22. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
24. Any of various trees of the genus Ulmus.
27. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
28. An associate degree in nursing.
29. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
32. An oral antidiabetic drug (trade names DiaBeta and Micronase) that stimulates the release of insulin from the pancreas.
35. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
36. Sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with gray furry ears and coat.
37. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
40. A United Nations agency created to assist developing nations by loans guaranteed by member governments.
42. Decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers.
43. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
44. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
45. English writer and a central member of the Fabian Society (1858-1943).
48. Informal terms for a mother.
49. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
52. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
53. A steep descent of the water of a river.
60. Relatively small fast-moving sloth.
61. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
63. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
65. Be agitated.
66. Australian clover fern.
68. Being one more than two.
69. An informal term for a father.
70. The capital and largest city of Jordan.
71. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
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1. By bad luck.
2. A river in northwestern Russia flowing generally west into the Gulf of Finland.
3. Fastener consisting of a resinous composition that is plastic when warm.
4. Type genus of the Amiidae.
5. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
6. A vacuum tube in which a hot cathode emits a beam of electrons that pass through a high voltage anode and are focused or deflected before hitting a phosphorescent screen.
7. The quality of a color as determined by its dominant wavelength.
8. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
9. Having branches.
10. An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel.
11. City in Sudan.
12. Israeli general and statesman (1915-1981).
17. The (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb.
21. Red Bordeaux wine from the Medoc district of southwestern France.
23. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
25. A person who has lied or who lies repeatedly.
26. A landlocked republic in southern central Africa.
30. 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.
31. A city in northern India.
33. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
34. How long something has existed.
38. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
39. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
41. Comprises tropical American species usually placed in genus Masdevallia.
42. Type genus of the Amiidae.
46. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
47. A small cake leavened with yeast.
50. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
51. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
54. Small buffalo of the Celebes having small straight horns.
55. Being the one previously mentioned or spoken of.
56. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
57. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
58. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
59. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
62. A human limb.
64. Being two more than fifty.
67. In operation or operational.
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