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1. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
5. Smallest merganser and most expert diver.
9. A small cake leavened with yeast.
13. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
16. A river in western Asia.
17. Type genus of the Pipidae.
18. United States humorist who wrote about rural life (1818-1885).
19. A human limb.
20. An inn in some Eastern countries with a large courtyard that provides accommodation for caravans.
21. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
22. A British peer ranking below a Marquess and above a Viscount.
23. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
24. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
26. A sudden short attack.
27. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
29. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
31. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
33. Anterior pituitary hormone that stimulates the function of the thyroid gland.
36. A state of extreme confusion and disorder.
41. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
45. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
48. Any of numerous plants widely cultivated for their showy single or double red or pink or white flowers.
49. A member of a seafaring group of North American Indians who lived on the Pacific coast of British Columbia and southwestern Alaska.
50. A heavy precious metallic element.
51. Made the first orbital rocket-powered flight by a United States astronaut in 1962.
53. Any heathlike evergreen shrub of the genus Epacris grown for their showy and crowded spikes of small bell-shaped or tubular flowers.
55. Type genus of the Sulidae.
57. The organ of sight (`peeper' is an informal term for `eye').
58. A small island.
60. (prefix) Opposite or opposing or neutralizing.
61. Cocked hat with the brim turned up to form three points.
64. A loud harsh or strident noise.
65. Carved ornament at the eaves of a tile roof concealing the joints between tiles.
66. 100 penni equal 1 markka.
68. An elaborate party (often outdoors).
71. A yellow trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
72. At a great distance in time or space or degree.
74. Scarabaeid beetle considered divine by ancient Egyptians.
79. United States writer of poems and plays about racial conflict (born in 1934).
82. Absence of the pupil in an eye.
86. Conforming to an ultimate standard of perfection or excellence.
90. A branch of the Tai languages.
91. A warning against certain acts.
92. Genus of tropical plants with creeping rootstocks and small umbellate flowers.
94. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
95. One thousandth of a second.
96. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
98. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
101. Suggestive of the supernatural.
102. A collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn.
103. Any of a group of Indic languages spoken in Kashmir and eastern Afghanistan and northern Pakistan.
104. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. A town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern Mediterranean.
2. An inlaid furniture decoration.
3. A steep rugged rock or cliff.
4. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
5. A health resort near a spring or at the seaside.
6. The vein in the center of a leaf.
7. An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel.
8. Gully or streambed in North Africa and the Middle East that remains dry except during rainy season.
9. A fatal disease of cattle that affects the central nervous system.
10. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
11. Found along western Atlantic coast.
12. A pointed tool for marking surfaces or for punching small holes.
13. Any wingless blood-sucking parasitic insect noted for ability to leap.
14. Lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing wholly or in part.
15. A city in northern India.
25. Liquid containing proteins and electrolytes including the liquid in blood plasma and interstitial fluid.
28. 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.
30. A decree that prohibits something.
32. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
34. Type genus of the Saturniidae.
35. A metric unit of length equal to 100 meters.
37. A fencing sword similar to a foil but with a heavier blade.
38. The habitation of wild animals.
39. A vasodilator (trade name Loniten) used to treat severe hypertension.
40. Of or relating to the substance that forms a sheath around the axon of some nerve fibers.
42. A full skirt with a gathered waistband.
43. The form in which a text (especially a printed book) is published.
44. Enclosed in a basin.
46. An appliance that corrects dental irregularities.
47. Small genus of dioecious tropical aquatic plants.
52. Short-tailed wildcats with usually tufted ears.
54. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
56. A metric unit of capacity equal to the volume of 1 kilogram of pure water at 4 degrees centigrade and 760 mm of mercury (or approximately 1.76 pints).
59. The region of the shore of a lake or sea or ocean.
62. Many times at short intervals.
63. (trademark) A tinned luncheon meat made largely from pork.
67. Not dense.
69. The type of environment in which an organism or group normally lives or occurs.
70. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
73. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
75. The cry made by sheep.
76. The first decisive battle of the Hundred Years' War.
77. Marked by features of the immediate and usually discounted past.
78. An acute inflammatory disease occurring in the intestines of premature infants.
80. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
81. Jordan's port.
83. (law) A comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy.
84. Having come or been brought to a conclusion.
85. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
87. Fallow deer.
88. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
89. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
93. A doctor's degree in dental medicine.
97. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
99. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
100. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
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