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1. Hormone released by the hypothalamus that controls the release of thyroid-stimulating hormone from the anterior pituitary.
4. The act of washing yourself (or another person).
10. A unit of pressure.
13. A tool with a flat blade attached at right angles to a long handle.
14. On a ship, train, plane or other vehicle.
15. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
16. One of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
17. A shoulder firearm with a long barrel and a rifled bore.
19. European freshwater fish resembling the roach.
21. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
22. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
23. A discussion in which reasons are advanced for and against some proposition or proposal.
26. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
27. A rapid bustling commotion.
28. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
31. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria and closely related to Hausa.
34. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
37. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
38. Any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue.
41. A member of the Siouan people formerly inhabiting the Black Hills of western South Dakota.
45. A member of an agricultural people in southeastern India.
47. Music performed for dancing the polka.
51. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
53. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
54. Loose-fitting nightclothes worn for sleeping or lounging.
56. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
60. A small cake leavened with yeast.
61. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
64. (British) Your grandmother.
65. A doctor's degree in education.
66. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
67. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
68. A metric unit of volume equal to one tenth of a liter.
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1. Coming next after the second and just before the fourth in position.
2. A deceitful and unreliable scoundrel.
3. A canvas bag that is used to feed an animal (such as a horse).
4. The waging of armed conflict against an enemy.
5. Dwell (archaic).
6. An upholstered seat for more than one person.
7. A pike fitted with an ax head.
8. The chief solid component of mammalian urine.
9. A sliver-white metallic element of the platinum group that resembles platinum.
10. A small carriage in which a baby or child is pushed around.
11. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
12. A state in the Rocky Mountains.
18. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
20. An informal term for a father.
24. A flat tortilla with various fillings piled on it.
25. Rare (usually fatal) brain disease (usually in middle age) caused by an unidentified slow virus.
29. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
30. The cry made by sheep.
32. Someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault.
33. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
35. A person who announces and plays popular recorded music.
36. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
39. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
40. A parallelogram with four equal sides.
42. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
43. A cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment).
44. Rate of revolution of a motor.
46. A genus of Platalea.
47. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
48. A woody climbing usually tropical plant.
49. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
50. (Hindu) A manner of sitting (as in the practice of Yoga).
52. A strip of land projecting into a body of water.
55. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
57. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
58. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
59. A lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood.
62. One million periods per second.
63. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
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