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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. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
8. Ratio of the adjacent side to the hypotenuse.
11. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
12. Among the largest bony fish.
13. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
14. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
15. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
16. The cry made by sheep.
17. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
19. A burn cause by hot liquid or steam.
20. A sheet or band of fibrous connective tissue separating or binding together muscles and organs etc.
23. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
26. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
27. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
30. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
33. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
34. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
35. A metallic element of the rare earth group.
38. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
42. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
46. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
47. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
48. An awkward stupid person.
50. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
51. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
52. Having nine hinged bands of bony plates.
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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 member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
5. Hawaiian dish of taro root pounded to a paste and often allowed to ferment.
6. Late time of life.
7. Conqueror of Gaul and master of Italy (100-44 BC).
8. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
9. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
10. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
18. Filled with fear or apprehension.
21. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
22. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
24. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
25. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
28. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
29. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
31. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
32. The month following January and preceding March.
36. A small cake leavened with yeast.
37. A republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
39. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
40. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
41. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
43. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
44. Alternative names for the body of a human being.
45. A federation of North American labor unions that merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955.
49. A person forced to flee from home or country.
50. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
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