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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. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
8. Of southern Europe.
11. A reproach for some lapse or misdeed.
12. A small cake leavened with yeast.
13. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
14. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
16. An avalanche volcanic water and mud down the slopes of a volcano.
18. Valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation.
21. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
22. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
24. (informal) Of the highest quality.
27. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
28. Liquid containing proteins and electrolytes including the liquid in blood plasma and interstitial fluid.
29. An informal term for a father.
33. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
34. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
38. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
42. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
45. (prefix) Opposite or opposing or neutralizing.
46. Extremely pleasing.
48. Long green edible beaked pods of the okra plant.
49. Inflammation of the urethra of unknown cause.
50. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
51. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
52. An anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions.
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1. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
2. A quantity of no importance.
3. The complete duration of something.
4. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
5. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
6. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
7. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
8. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
9. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
10. (obstetrics) The number of live-born children a woman has delivered.
15. A barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea.
17. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
19. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
20. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
23. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
25. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
26. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
30. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
31. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
32. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
35. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
36. A member of a nomadic people of the northern Ural mountains.
37. (Babylonian) Consort of Anu.
39. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
40. A city in northern India.
41. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
43. A small amount (especially of a drink).
44. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
47. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
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