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1. A hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland.
4. Remote city of Kazakhstan that (ostensibly for security reasons) was made the capital in 1998.
10. A solution containing a phosphate buffer.
13. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
14. Having two axes.
15. Flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes.
16. Not upright in position or posture.
18. Wheelwork consisting of a connected set of rotating gears by which force is transmitted or motion or torque is changed.
20. The 12th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
22. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
25. The state of affairs that a plan is intended to achieve and that (when achieved) terminates behavior intended to achieve it.
26. A town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern Mediterranean.
29. A mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity.
31. A festival featuring African-American culture.
33. Notably out of the ordinary.
36. A member of a seafaring group of North American Indians who lived on the Pacific coast of British Columbia and southwestern Alaska.
37. A French river that flows through the heart of Paris and then northward into the English Channel.
39. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
40. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
41. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
44. A painful emotion resulting from an awareness of inadequacy or guilt.
46. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
50. Station where transport vehicles load or unload passengers or goods.
53. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
56. Type genus of the Nepidae.
57. The compass point that is one point east of northeast.
58. Fail to keep or to maintain.
59. A branch of the Tai languages.
60. Cheap showy jewelry or ornament or clothing.
61. Common Indian weaverbird.
62. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
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1. (Old Testament) The first king of the Israelites who defended Israel against many enemies (especially the Philistines).
2. The form of RNA that attaches the correct amino acid to the protein chain that is being synthesized at the ribosome of the cell (according to directions coded in the mRNA).
3. A complex red organic pigment containing iron and other atoms to which oxygen binds.
4. In bed.
5. A Bantu language spoken by the Chaga people in northern Tanzania.
6. Not reflecting light.
7. An adult castrated bull of the genus Bos.
8. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
9. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
10. Ancient Athenian philosopher.
11. United States baseball player (born 1925).
12. A plant fiber used for making rope.
17. Having a slightly undulating margin.
19. Carry out or participate in an activity.
21. Any expected deliverer.
23. By bad luck.
24. An artificial language for international use that rejects rejects all existing words and is based instead on an abstract analysis of ideas.
27. The basic unit of money in China.
28. A hardy cabbage with coarse curly leaves that do not form a head.
30. In the Arabian Nights a hero who tells of the fantastic adventures he had in his voyages.
32. Any of various cycads of the genus Zamia.
34. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
35. A boy or man.
38. A state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion.
39. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
42. An official or legal cancellation.
43. Dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight.
45. A faint constellation in the polar region of the southern hemisphere and containing part of the Large Magellanic Cloud.
47. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
48. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
49. Small buffalo of the Celebes having small straight horns.
51. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
52. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
54. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
55. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
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