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1. Anterior pituitary hormone that stimulates the function of the thyroid gland.
4. French novelist.
10. An ester of adenosine that is converted to ATP for energy storage.
13. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
14. Fly a plane.
15. The corporate executive responsible for the operations of the firm.
16. The capital and largest city of Japan.
18. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
19. The compass point that is one point north of due east.
20. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
21. A narrow zigzag ribbon used as trimming.
23. A state in northwestern North America.
24. The cry made by sheep.
27. A native-born Israeli.
29. (pathology) An elevation of the skin filled with serous fluid.
31. How long something has existed.
33. Offering fun and gaiety.
35. Stairway in India leading down to a landing on the water.
38. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
40. (informal) Rural and uncouth.
42. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
43. The inner and longer of the two bones of the human forearm.
44. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
45. Greek author of fables (circa 620-560 BC).
50. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
56. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
59. A metal-bearing mineral valuable enough to be mined.
60. A serve that strikes the net before falling into the receiver's court.
61. Away from the mouth or oral region.
62. (meaning literally `born') Used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman.
63. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
64. Any of several tropical and subtropical treelike herbs of the genus Musa having a terminal crown of large entire leaves and usually bearing hanging clusters of elongated fruits.
65. Noisy talk.
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1. Long-tailed arboreal mustelid of Central and South America.
2. Marked by quiet and caution and secrecy.
3. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
4. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
5. The eleventh month of the civil year.
6. The dynasty that ruled much of Manchuria and northeastern China from 947 to 1125.
7. An angular shape characterized by sharp turns in alternating directions.
8. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
9. Having any of numerous bright or strong colors reminiscent of the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies.
10. Sour or bitter in taste.
11. Bar temporarily.
12. A member of the Siouan people of the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
17. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
22. 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.
25. The month following July and preceding September.
26. The principal evil jinni in Islamic mythology.
28. The compass point that is one point north of northeast.
30. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
32. A colloid in a more solid form than a sol.
34. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
36. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
37. The sound made by a gentle blow.
39. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
41. A Dravidian language spoken in southern India.
46. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
47. An area in Germany around the upper Elbe river.
48. Fleshy spore-bearing inner mass of e.g. a puffball or stinkhorn.
49. Someone whose business is advertising.
50. A growth in strength or number or importance.
51. In bed.
52. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
53. A sensation (as of a cold breeze or bright light) that precedes the onset of certain disorders such as a migraine attack or epileptic seizure.
54. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
55. Plant having a large slender white bulb and flat overlapping dark green leaves.
57. A light touch or stroke.
58. An argument opposed to a proposal.
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