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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. Melon having yellowish rind and whitish flesh.
10. Inquire about.
13. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
14. Of or at or relating to an anode.
15. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
16. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
17. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
18. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
19. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
21. The capital and largest city of Japan.
23. A long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur.
25. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
27. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
30. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
32. Ludicrously odd.
36. Squash bugs.
38. A public promotion of some product or service.
40. The basic unit of money in Nigeria.
41. (Greek mythology) A princess of Colchis who aided Jason in taking the Golden Fleece from her father.
42. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
43. The bill in a restaurant.
44. A substance produced by the hypothalamus that is capable of accelerating the secretion of a given hormone by the anterior pituitary gland.
47. A chronic progressive nervous disorder involving loss of myelin sheath around certain nerve fibers.
50. English monk and scholar (672-735).
52. (Judeo-Christian religion) Chief spirit of evil and adversary of God.
54. A stringed instrument that has a keyboard.
58. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
61. A city in northern India.
62. The granite-like rocks that form the outermost layer of the earth's crust.
63. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
65. United States sculptor and architect whose public works include the memorial to veterans of the Vietnam War in Washington (born in 1959).
66. (usually followed by `to') Having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something.
67. Wild or domesticated South American cud-chewing animal related to camels but smaller and lacking a hump.
68. North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean.
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1. By bad luck.
2. Kamarupan languages spoken in northeastern India and western Burma.
3. The act of scanning.
4. Tropical American tree producing cacao beans.
5. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
6. Being the only one.
7. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
8. Used as a Hindi courtesy title.
9. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
10. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
11. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
12. God of love and erotic desire.
20. Lower in esteem.
22. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
24. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
26. A Dravidian language spoken in southern India.
28. Used of a single unit or thing.
29. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
31. The cry made by sheep.
33. Tree of low-lying coastal areas of southeastern United States having glossy leaves and racemes of fragrant white flowers.
34. A theocratic republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
35. 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.
37. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
39. The district occupied entirely by the city of Washington.
45. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
46. (Polynesian) An alcoholic drink made from the aromatic roots of the kava shrub.
48. Formerly a term of respect for important white Europeans in colonial India.
49. A telegram sent abroad.
51. Jordan's port.
52. A cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt.
53. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
55. An Eskimo hut.
56. (Greek mythology) Goddess of discord.
57. Type genus of the Ranidae.
59. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
60. The fatty flesh of eel.
64. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
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