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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 residue that remains when something is burned.
7. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
11. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
12. A digital display that uses liquid crystal cells that change reflectivity in an applied electric field.
13. God of love and erotic desire.
14. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
15. United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters.
16. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
17. A midnight meeting of witches to practice witchcraft and sorcery.
20. A hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red blood cells their characteristic color.
21. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
23. A young woman making her debut into society.
27. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
32. The superior of a group of nuns.
35. Clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion.
40. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
43. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
44. A periodic paperback publication.
45. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
46. A notable achievement.
47. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
48. An informal term for a father.
49. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
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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. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
5. Singing jazz.
6. A lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood.
7. Jordan's port.
8. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
9. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
10. An aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect.
18. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
19. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
22. A flexible container with a single opening.
24. An associate degree in applied science.
25. A doctor's degree in dental surgery.
26. The branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication.
28. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
29. A state in New England.
30. The month following January and preceding March.
31. A landlocked republic in eastern Africa.
33. Obvious and dull.
34. An ancient city in northern Portugal.
36. King of Saudi Arabia since 1982 (born in 1922).
37. A Gaelic-speaking Celt in Ireland or Scotland or the Isle of Man.
38. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
39. A quantity of no importance.
41. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
42. The cry made by sheep.
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