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1. A French abbot.
5. Genus of sticky herbs with yellow flowers open in morning or evening but closed in bright light.
10. The part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands.
13. An unstable meson produced as the result of a high-energy particle collision.
14. Swedish oceanographer who recognized the role of the Coriolis effect on ocean currents (1874-1954).
15. The last (12th) month of the year.
16. Assist or encourage, usually in some wrongdoing.
17. An informal term for a father.
19. An island in the Persian Gulf.
22. A large fleet.
25. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
26. Being ten more than one hundred forty.
27. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
31. A master's degree in library science.
34. A Mid-Atlantic state.
35. Adapt anew.
37. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
39. Compete for something.
40. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
41. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
43. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
48. A heavy brittle diamagnetic trivalent metallic element (resembles arsenic and antimony chemically).
50. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
54. A public promotion of some product or service.
55. British artist and writer of nonsense verse (1812-1888).
57. A small cake leavened with yeast.
58. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
60. An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel.
62. A member of a Mayan people of southwestern Guatemala.
63. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
64. A genus of Ploceidae.
65. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. Jordan's port.
2. An imaginary elephant that appears in a series of French books for children.
3. German mystic and theosophist who founded modern theosophy.
4. Take or catch as if in a snare or trap.
5. The quality of being mediate.
6. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
7. A doctor's degree in dental medicine.
8. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
9. An associate degree in nursing.
10. The sixth month of the civil year.
11. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
12. The act of scanning.
18. Food mixtures either arranged on a plate or tossed and served with a moist dressing.
20. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
21. Before noon.
23. Lean end of the neck.
24. Fleshy spore-bearing inner mass of e.g. a puffball or stinkhorn.
28. Rock that in its molten form (as magma) issues from volcanos.
29. An index of the cost of all goods and services to a typical consumer.
30. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.
32. A local computer network for communication between computers.
33. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
36. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
38. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
42. (pathology) An elevation of the skin filled with serous fluid.
44. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
45. Walk or tramp about.
46. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
47. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
49. The content of cognition.
50. A metric unit of length equal to 100 meters.
51. King of Saudi Arabia since 1982 (born in 1922).
52. Toward the mouth or oral region.
53. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
56. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
59. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
61. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
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