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1. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
4. (Greek mythology) A Titan who was forced by Zeus to bear the sky on his shoulders.
9. (football) Of advancing the ball by throwing it.
13. A licensed medical practitioner.
14. God of wealth and love.
15. A member of an Iroquoian people formerly living on the south shore of Lake Erie in northern Ohio and northwest Pennsylvania and western New York.
16. The part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands.
17. The younger brother of Edwy who became king of Northumbria when it renounced Edwy.
18. An informal term for a father.
19. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
21. Sideboard with compartments for holding bottles.
23. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
25. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
31. Radish of Japan with a long hard durable root eaten raw or cooked.
34. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
35. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
39. Obvious and dull.
42. Found along western Atlantic coast.
44. (Mexican) Ground beef and chili peppers or chili powder often with tomatoes and kidney beans.
47. One of the most common of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
48. The language of the nomadic Lapp people in northern Scandinavia and the Kola Peninsula.
51. System of measurement based on centimeters and grams and seconds.
52. American patriot who rode with Paul Revere to warn that the British were advancing on Lexington and Concord (1745-1799).
55. A genus of Ploceidae.
57. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
59. An insecticide that is also toxic to animals and humans.
60. A human limb.
61. Large herbivorous tropical American arboreal lizards with a spiny crest along the back.
63. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
64. A beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water.
65. A potent narcotic antagonist (trade name Narcan) especially effective with morphine.
66. A barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea.
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1. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
2. 1 species.
3. Interface consisting of a standard port between a computer and its peripherals that is used in some computers.
4. In bed.
5. A doctor's degree in theology.
6. The act of slowing down or falling behind.
7. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
8. A dress worn primarily by Hindu women.
9. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
10. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
11. Large genus of tropical subshrubs or herbs some of which yield fibers of mucilaginous substances.
12. (used especially of vegetation) Having lost all moisture.
20. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
22. Tag the base runner to get him out.
24. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
26. Trace the shape of.
27. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances.
28. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
29. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
30. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
32. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
33. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
36. (Turkey) Parched crushed wheat.
37. City recognized by the United States as the capital of the Ivory Coast.
38. Tiny lobster-like crustaceans usually boiled briefly.
39. Large genus of tropical subshrubs or herbs some of which yield fibers of mucilaginous substances.
40. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
41. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
43. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
45. Being nine more than ninety.
46. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
47. A state in New England.
49. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
50. Designer drug designed to have the effects of amphetamines (it floods the brain with serotonin) but to avoid the drug laws.
53. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
54. (linguistics) The form of a word after all affixes are removed.
56. Belonging to or on behalf of a specified person (especially yourself).
58. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
62. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
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