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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. Remote city of Kazakhstan that (ostensibly for security reasons) was made the capital in 1998.
10. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
13. A period of time spent sleeping.
14. Having a heading or course in a certain direction.
15. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
16. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
17. A port city in southwestern Iran.
18. Black tropical American cuckoo.
19. A bar of sand.
21. The principal evil jinni in Islamic mythology.
23. A state in northwestern North America.
27. The trait of lacking restraint or control.
31. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
34. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
35. The cry made by sheep.
37. A corporation's first offer to sell stock to the public.
40. The federal department responsible for safeguarding national security.
42. (plate tectonic theory) A hypothetical continent including all the landmass of the earth prior to the Triassic period when it split into Laurasia and Gondwanaland.
44. A surgical instrument used to remove sections of bone from the skull.
47. (Greek mythology) The goddess of youth and spring.
48. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
50. Chinese tea leaves that have been semi-fermented before being dried.
54. A drama set to music.
55. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
57. A close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities.
58. Psychoactive substance present in marijuana.
59. Some point in the air.
61. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
62. Made warm or hot.
63. Surveying instrument consisting of the upper movable part of a theodolite including the telescope and its attachments.
64. The federal department that administers federal program dealing with better housing and urban renewal.
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1. Squash bugs.
2. Indian religious leader who founded Sikhism (1469-1538).
3. The complete duration of something.
4. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
5. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
6. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
7. Not divisible by two.
8. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
9. An accessory or adjoining anatomical parts or appendages (especially of the embryo).
10. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
11. God of fire.
12. A platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it.
20. No longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life.
22. An unofficial association of people or groups.
24. The civil and religious leader of a Muslim state.
25. A Russian river.
26. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
28. An informal term for a father.
29. A slender double-reed instrument.
30. A quantity of no importance.
32. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
33. A city of central China.
36. A state in the southeastern United States on the Gulf of Mexico.
37. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
39. On a ship, train, plane or other vehicle.
41. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
43. A colloid in a more solid form than a sol.
45. A ridge that forms a seam between two parts.
46. Put out or expel from a place.
49. Gully or streambed in North Africa and the Middle East that remains dry except during rainy season.
51. Large elliptical brightly colored deep-sea fish of Atlantic and Pacific and Mediterranean.
52. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
53. Showing or causing joy and pleasure.
56. A coenzyme derived from the B vitamin nicotinic acid.
60. Being nine more than forty.
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