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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. Informal or slang terms for mentally irregular.
8. Piece of solid food for dipping in a liquid.
11. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
12. A dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain.
13. An accountant certified by the state.
14. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
15. Take in solid food.
16. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
17. A midnight meeting of witches to practice witchcraft and sorcery.
21. (of tempo) Leisurely n.
22. Of or concerning the face.
25. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
29. A master's degree in business.
32. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
34. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
35. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
37. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
39. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
43. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
45. Being two more than fifty.
48. The act of slowing down or falling behind.
49. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
51. Primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needle-like teeth.
52. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
53. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
54. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
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1. By bad luck.
2. Kamarupan languages spoken in northeastern India and western Burma.
3. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
4. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
5. Any organic compound formed by adding alcohol molecules to aldehyde molecules.
6. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
7. Vietnamese New Year.
8. A mark left by the healing of injured tissue.
9. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
10. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
18. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
19. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
20. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
23. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
24. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
26. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
27. 16 ounces.
28. A state in midwestern United States.
30. A unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns.
31. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
33. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
36. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
37. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
38. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
39. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
40. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
41. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
42. A city in northern India.
44. The month following July and preceding September.
46. Being one more than two.
47. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
50. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
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