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1. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
4. An isogram connecting points having equal barometric pressure at a given time.
10. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
13. Fish eggs or egg-filled ovary.
14. Canna grown especially for its edible rootstock from which arrowroot starch is obtained.
15. Worthless or oversimplified ideas.
16. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
18. Before noon.
19. United States poet and critic (1916-1986).
21. A deep bow.
24. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
25. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
27. A legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body.
29. In a permissively lenient manner.
32. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
34. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
37. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
41. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
42. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
45. The face veil worn by Muslim women.
47. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
48. A river that rises in central Germany and flows north to join the Elbe River.
49. Small ornamental ladies' bag for small articles.
52. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
54. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring in the air.
55. A genus of Ploceidae.
57. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
59. White crystalline compound used as a food additive to enhance flavor.
62. (usually followed by `of') Released from something onerous (especially an obligation or duty).
63. An act that exploits or victimizes someone.
67. A metal-bearing mineral valuable enough to be mined.
68. A record in which commercial accounts are recorded.
69. Using speech rather than writing.
70. The month following February and preceding April.
71. (Irish) Chief god of the Tuatha De Danann.
72. A small cake leavened with yeast.
73. Being one hundred more than three hundred.
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1. A river that rises in northeastern Turkey (near the source of the Euphrates) and flows generally eastward through Armenia to the Caspian Sea.
2. The capital and chief port of Qatar.
3. Heal or recover.
4. A state in midwestern United States.
5. A fraudulent business scheme.
6. A unit of electrical resistance equal to the resistance between two points on a conductor when a potential difference of one volt between them produces a current of one ampere.
7. A heavy brittle diamagnetic trivalent metallic element (resembles arsenic and antimony chemically).
8. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
9. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
10. The month following March and preceding May.
11. An informal term for a father.
12. Surpassing the ordinary especially in size or scale.
17. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
20. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
22. Make amends for.
23. Of comparatively great physical weight or density.
26. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
28. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
30. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
31. Being ten more than one hundred eighty.
33. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
35. Made of fir or pine.
36. Small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body.
38. 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.
39. State in northeastern India.
40. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
43. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
44. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
46. An inland sea in northwestern Turkey.
47. An informal term for a father.
50. Long-tailed arboreal mustelid of Central and South America.
51. Mammary gland of bovids (cows and sheep and goats).
53. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
54. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
56. A Scottish word.
58. A city in northern India.
59. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
60. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
61. Offering fun and gaiety.
64. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
65. One of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
66. A numbered compartment in a post office where mail is put to be called for.
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