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1. The part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands.
4. A device that attracts iron and produces a magnetic field.
10. (informal) Of very poor quality.
13. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
14. Without qualification.
15. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
16. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
17. Steal goods.
19. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
21. A colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube.
23. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
25. The cry made by sheep.
26. A region in central Italy.
29. A fastener (as a buckle or hook) that is used to hold two things together.
33. A major god.
34. An informal term for a father.
37. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
38. An elegantly dressed man (often with affected manners).
41. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
43. A proposal for an appropriate course of action.
46. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
47. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
49. The branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication.
50. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
53. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
56. Fairly small terrestrial ferns of tropical America.
60. Weapons considered collectively.
61. An awkward stupid person.
64. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
65. The compass point that is one point east of due south.
68. To make a mistake or be incorrect.
69. The longest division of geological time.
70. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
71. European strong-scented perennial herb with gray-green bitter-tasting leaves.
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1. By bad luck.
2. Kamarupan languages spoken in northeastern India and western Burma.
3. The act of scanning.
4. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
5. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
6. The father of your father or mother.
7. The central area of a church.
8. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
9. (astronomy) A measure of time defined by Earth's orbital motion.
10. A small nail.
11. Relatively small fast-moving sloth.
12. An independent group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic languages.
18. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
20. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
22. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
24. An associate degree in nursing.
27. A member of the Siouan people inhabiting the valleys of the Platte and Missouri rivers in Nebraska.
28. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
30. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
31. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
32. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
35. In bed.
36. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
39. The part of the eye that contains the iris and ciliary body and choroid.
40. (Sumerian) Goddess personifying earth.
42. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
44. United States labor organizer who ran for President as a socialist (1855-1926).
45. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
48. United States film actress (born in Sweden) known for her reclusiveness (1905-1990).
49. An associate degree in nursing.
51. A public promotion of some product or service.
52. A genus of Ploceidae.
54. A sign of something about to happen.
55. A cord fastened around the neck with an ornamental clasp and worn as a necktie.
57. Type genus of the Aceraceae.
58. A very light brown.
59. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
62. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
63. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
66. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
67. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
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