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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. Characterized by lightness and insubstantiality.
8. The sign language used in the United States.
11. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
12. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
13. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
14. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
15. Starch resembling sago that is obtained from cuckoopint root.
16. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
17. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
21. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
24. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
28. Made from residue of grapes or apples after pressing.
31. Covered with paving material.
33. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
34. A heavy brittle metallic element of the platinum group.
35. A state in the Rocky Mountains.
39. A small cake leavened with yeast.
41. An accessory or adjoining anatomical parts or appendages (especially of the embryo).
43. Any of various coarse shrubby plants of the genus Iva with small greenish flowers.
46. A close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities.
47. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
48. An informal term for a father.
49. The basic unit of electric current adopted under the System International d'Unites.
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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. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
5. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
6. Syncopated music in duple time for dancing the rumba.
7. Edible tuber of any of several yams.
8. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
9. A fraudulent business scheme.
10. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
18. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
19. Sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with gray furry ears and coat.
20. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
22. The rate at which heat is produced by an individual in a resting state.
23. A small nail.
25. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
26. Not out.
27. A doctor's degree in religion.
29. Type genus of the Amiidae.
30. Submerged freshwater perennials.
32. An anti-TNF compound (trade name Arava) that is given orally.
36. The (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb.
37. A set of questions or exercises evaluating skill or knowledge.
38. Minute floating marine tunicate having a transparent body with an opening at each end.
40. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
42. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
43. Before noon.
44. A public promotion of some product or service.
45. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
46. A master's degree in business.
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