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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. Sacred text of Zoroastrianism.
10. A change in the electrical properties of the skin in response to stress or anxiety.
13. The last (12th) month of the year.
14. An amount of time.
15. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
16. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
17. A proud stiff pompous gait.
18. A flexible container with a single opening.
19. Large high frilly cap with a full crown.
21. Separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument.
23. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
24. How long something has existed.
25. Any of several Old World tropical aromatic annual or perennial herbs of the genus Ocimum.
32. Sweet pulpy tropical fruit with thick scaly rind and shiny black seeds.
34. The month following March and preceding May.
35. A reptile genus of Iguanidae.
36. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
38. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
41. French mathematician and astronomer who formulated the nebular hypothesis concerning the origins of the solar system and who developed the theory of probability (1749-1827).
44. Take something away by force or without the consent of the owner.
46. Moving quickly and lightly.
47. Travel up, "We ascended the mountain".
50. In an unnatural eery manner.
54. Valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation.
57. The cry made by sheep.
58. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
59. Absence of the pupil in an eye.
61. A hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers.
62. Remaining after all deductions.
63. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
64. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
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1. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
2. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
3. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
4. Strike with disgust or revulsion.
5. A morel whose fertile portion resembles a bell and is attached to the stipe only at the top.
6. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
7. Estrangement from god.
8. A baroque musical composition (usually for a keyboard instrument) with full chords and rapid elaborate runs in a rhythmically free style.
9. Any of various insects that feed and form galls on conifers.
10. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
11. Speaking a Slavic language.
12. A feeling of intense anger.
20. (Old Testament) Cain and Abel were the first children of Adam and Eve born after the Fall of Man.
22. The fatty flesh of eel.
26. (prefix) Opposite or opposing or neutralizing.
27. The act of rising upward into the air.
28. A mountain range in western Russia extending from the arctic to the Caspian Sea.
29. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
30. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
31. Any of several related languages of the Celts in Ireland and Scotland.
33. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
37. (Welsh) Corresponds to Iris Ler.
39. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
40. An informal conversation.
42. South American cavy.
43. Manufactured in standard sizes to be shipped and assembled elsewhere.
45. A bachelor's degree in religion.
48. A reason for wanting something done.
49. King of Denmark and Norway who forced Edmund II to divide England with him.
51. Wading birds of warm regions having long slender down-curved bills.
52. A narrow way or road.
53. A member of an extinct North American Indian people who lived in the Pit river valley in northern California.
55. The facility where wild animals are housed for exhibition.
56. Someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential).
60. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
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