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1. A hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland.
4. North American rat snakes.
10. 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.
13. The sound made by a pigeon v 1.
14. A broad flat muscle in the calf of the leg under the gastrocnemius muscle.
15. A prominent rock or pile of rocks on a hill.
16. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
17. Dwell (archaic).
19. United States writer of poems and plays about racial conflict (born in 1934).
21. A state in the Rocky Mountains.
22. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
23. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
26. The content of cognition.
29. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
30. The act of pursuing.
34. High quality grape brandy distilled in the Cognac district of France.
37. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
39. Lacking sufficient water or rainfall.
40. Having ones attention or mind or energy engaged.
42. New Zealand timber tree resembling the cypress.
43. A public promotion of some product or service.
44. A potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry.
45. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
46. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
47. A member of a Mayan people of southwestern Guatemala.
49. (Scotland) A small loaf or roll of soft bread.
51. Relating to or having the characteristics of bees.
54. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
56. Highly excited.
60. A member of an agricultural people of southern India.
62. Small genus of Eurasian aquatic perennial herbs.
63. German industrialist who was the first in Germany to use an assembly line in manufacturing automobiles (1871-1948).
64. An informal term for a father.
67. The median ridge on the breastbone of birds that fly.
68. Tear down so as to make flat with the ground.
69. The face of a timepiece.
70. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
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1. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
2. A one-piece cloak worn by men in ancient Rome.
3. Showing characteristics of age, especially having gray or white hair.
4. Physicist honored for advances in solid state electronics (born in Japan in 1925).
5. Of or relating to or affecting a lobe.
6. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
7. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
8. Used in combination.
9. A radioactive transuranic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons.
10. A state in the western United States.
11. An upholstered seat for more than one person.
12. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
18. Hawthorn of southern United States bearing juicy acid scarlet fruit often used in jellies or preserves.
20. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
24. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
25. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
27. Having finished or arrived at completion.
28. Oval reproductive body of a fowl (especially a hen) used as food.
31. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
32. Small deer of Japan with slightly forked antlers.
33. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
35. Growing old.
36. An important seaport on the Island of Cebu in the Philippines.
38. Jordan's port.
41. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
43. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
48. A river that rises in central Germany and flows north to join the Elbe River.
50. A kind of heavy jacket (`windcheater' is a British term).
52. An informal term for a father.
53. In the Roman calendar.
55. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
57. A Gaelic-speaking Celt in Ireland or Scotland or the Isle of Man.
58. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
59. Offering fun and gaiety.
61. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
65. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
66. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
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