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1. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
4. Challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of.
10. The part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands.
13. Of or relating to a member of the Buddhist people inhabiting the Mekong river in Laos and Thailand.
14. Mixture of untoasted dry cereals and fruits.
15. British informal term.
16. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
18. A platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it.
19. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
20. (Old Testament) The wife of Abraham and mother of Isaac.
21. A city in western Germany near the Dutch and Belgian borders.
23. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
26. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
27. Toward the mouth or oral region.
30. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
31. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
32. German organist and contrapuntist (1685-1750).
37. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
39. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
41. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
43. An associate degree in nursing.
46. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
48. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
50. Swelling of the rumen or intestinal tract of domestic animals caused by excessive gas v 1.
51. English writer (born in Scotland) of children's stories (1859-1932).
54. An imaginary elephant that appears in a series of French books for children.
58. French film maker influenced by surrealism.
60. Jordan's port.
61. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
62. The ending of a series or sequence.
65. A bachelor's degree in library science.
66. An unabridged dictionary constructed on historical principles.
67. A river in southeastern Australia that flows generally northwest to join the Darling River.
68. Humble in spirit or manner.
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1. By bad luck.
2. An informal term for a father.
3. Showing characteristics of age, especially having gray or white hair.
4. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
5. A radioactive transuranic element that is similar to uranium.
6. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
7. North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean.
8. Sustentacular tissue that surrounds and supports neurons in the central nervous system.
9. The seventh month of the civil year.
10. A genus of Indriidae.
11. Greek mythology.
12. Rise or heave upward under the influence of a natural force, as on a wave.
17. A genus of Ploceidae.
22. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
24. Being one hundred more than three hundred.
25. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
28. Having any of numerous bright or strong colors reminiscent of the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies.
29. In bed.
33. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
34. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
35. (Judaism) Sacred chest where the ancient Hebrews kept the two tablets containing the Ten Commandments.
36. Seed of a pea plant.
38. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
40. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
41. A genus of Indriidae.
42. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
44. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
45. A small cake leavened with yeast.
47. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
48. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
49. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
52. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
53. Designer drug designed to have the effects of amphetamines (it floods the brain with serotonin) but to avoid the drug laws.
55. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
56. (usually followed by `to') Having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something.
57. Danish philologist whose work on Old Norse pioneered in the field of comparative linguistics (1787-1832).
59. An inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others.
63. The square of a body of any size of type.
64. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
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