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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. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
9. A rich soil consisting of a mixture of sand and clay and decaying organic materials.
13. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
14. A Greek epic poem (attributed to Homer) describing the siege of Troy.
15. An inflammatory disease involving the sebaceous glands of the skin.
16. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
17. Any of the numerous plants of the genus Viola.
18. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
19. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
21. Any of various Old World herbs of the genus Anchusa having one-sided clusters of trumpet-shaped flowers.
24. A theocratic republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
25. An upholstered seat for more than one person.
28. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
29. Half the width of an em.
30. The apse of a Christian church that contains the bishop's throne.
33. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
37. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
38. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
41. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
42. The cry made by sheep.
43. A Dravidian language spoken in southern India.
47. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
48. North American bluebirds.
51. A yellow trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
54. A person with an unusual or odd personality.
58. A light fitful sleep.
59. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
62. Belonging to or on behalf of a specified person (especially yourself).
63. On or toward the lee.
64. Jordan's port.
65. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
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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 distinguished female operatic singer.
5. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
6. A federation of North American industrial unions that merged with the American Federation of Labor in 1955.
7. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
8. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
9. Violently urging on by whipping or flogging.
10. Come to pass.
11. Squash bugs.
12. A city in Indonesia.
20. Jordan's port.
22. A decree that prohibits something.
23. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
26. Predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin.
27. A tax on employees and employers that is used to fund the Social Security system.
31. A mountainous region in central Italy.
32. Intentional deception resulting in injury to another person.
34. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
35. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
36. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
39. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
40. Either extremity of something that has length.
44. A quantity of no importance.
45. American dramatist (1928- ).
46. The Mongol people living the the central and eastern parts of Outer Mongolia.
49. A material effigy that is worshipped as a god.
50. An edge tool used to cut and shape wood.
52. A metal piece (usually a disc) used as money v 1.
53. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
55. The basic unit of money in Albania.
56. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
57. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
60. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
61. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
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